Which to use
“touch” and “tours” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,080
- “touch” frequency rank
- #2,105
- “tours” frequency rank
- 15185
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | touch | tours |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Toucher (sens du). | Pluriel de tour. |
Where the eye mixes touch and tours
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between touch and tours
A purely visual mix-up. touch (\tʌt͡ʃ\) and tours (\tuʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15185, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
touch is recorded at frequency rank #13,080, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʌt͡ʃ\. tours is at rank #2,105, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tuʁ\.
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 15185, this pair ranks #393,475 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of touch vs tours
Shared letters: otu. Private to "touch": ch. Private to "tours": rs.
"touch" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "tours" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "touch" and "tours" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "touch" or "tours"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "touch" and "tours" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "touch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tours" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,475 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "touch" and "tours" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teach vs touch". 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 #393,475 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.