Which to use
“retournées” is an adjective and “retournent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,283
- “retournées” frequency rank
- #14,552
- “retournent” frequency rank
- 59835
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | retournées | retournent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de retourné. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de retourner. |
Where the eye mixes retournées and retournent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. retournées (CVCVVCCVVC) and retournent (CVCVVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses retournées with retournent
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: retournées is \ʁə.tuʁ.ne\ while retournent is \ʁə.tuʁn\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59835, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
retournées is recorded at frequency rank #45,283, classified as anadj, pronounced \ʁə.tuʁ.ne\. retournent is at rank #14,552, tagged as averb, pronounced \ʁə.tuʁn\.
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 59835, this pair ranks #100,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of retournées vs retournent
Shared letters: enortu. Private to "retournées": sé. Private to "retournent": -.
"retournées" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVVC · "retournent" · 10 letters · shape CVCVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- retournent ← ertournent · reoturnent · retorunent · retounrent · retourennt · retournennt · retournentt · retournetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "retournées" and "retournent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "retournées" or "retournent"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "retournées" and "retournent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "retournées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "retournent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,944 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "retournées" and "retournent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "retournées vs retournons". 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 #100,944 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.