turnover

\tœʁ.no.vœʁ\

/\tœʁ.no.vœʁ\/ noun

The verdict

“turnover” is uncommon French (frequency #56,998 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#56,998
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rotation de l'emploi, renouvellement du personnel.

Corpus desk

Index FR-turnover · turnover · French

turnover · rank #56,998 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #56,998
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH turbulente

Nearest frequency peer: turbulente (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rangs de longue queue près de « turnover »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « turnover » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for turnover
PropertyValue
Headwordturnover
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\tœʁ.no.vœʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#56,998
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « turnover » en français

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).turnovertombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « turbulente » (#56,997), « tâchons » (#56,999), « Télémaque » (#57,000). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « turnover » est au #56,998. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

turnover is uncommon French at frequency #56,998 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \tœʁ.no.vœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for turnover in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is turnover, spelled T-U-R-N-O-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rotation de l'emploi, renouvellement du personnel.
  2. 2
    Taux de renouvellement du personnel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how turnover appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Le turnover favorise l'apparition de nouvelles compétences, en même temps qu'il fait partir celles existantes.
  2. Le turnover est de 33% par an.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "turnover"?
"turnover" is spelled T-U-R-N-O-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \tœʁ.no.vœʁ\.
What does "turnover" mean?
As a noun, "turnover" means: Rotation de l'emploi, renouvellement du personnel.
How do you pronounce "turnover"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "turnover" is \tœʁ.no.vœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "turnover" come from?
"turnover" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "turnover", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list