Which to use
“retourna” and “retournera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,463
- “retourna” frequency rank
- #24,013
- “retournera” frequency rank
- 40476
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | retourna | retournera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de retourner. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de retourner. |
Where the eye mixes retourna and retournera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. retourna runs 8 letters (CVCVVCCV) against retournera's 10 (CVCVVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between retourna and retournera
A purely visual mix-up. retourna (\ʁə.tuʁ.na\) and retournera (\ʁə.tuʁ.nə.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40476, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
retourna is recorded at frequency rank #16,463, classified as averb, pronounced \ʁə.tuʁ.na\. retournera is at rank #24,013, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.tuʁ.nə.ʁa\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 40476, this pair ranks #240,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of retourna vs retournera
Shared letters: aenortu. Private to "retourna": -. Private to "retournera": -.
"retourna" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV · "retournera" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- retourna ← ertourna · reoturna · retoruna · retounra · retouran · retournna · retourrna · rettourna
- retournera ← ertournera · reoturnera · retorunera · retounrera · retourenra · retournear · retournerra · retournnera
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "retourna" for "retournera" ever safe?
Which is more common, "retourna" or "retournera"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "retourna" and "retournera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "retourna" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retournera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "retourna" and "retournera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retournera vs retournerais". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #240,196 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.