Which to use
“touchait” and “tournait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,839
- “touchait” frequency rank
- #14,571
- “tournait” frequency rank
- 32410
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | touchait | tournait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de toucher. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de tourner. |
Where the eye mixes touchait and tournait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: touchait vs tournait
A purely visual mix-up. touchait (\tu.ʃɛ\) and tournait (\tuʁ.nɛ\) 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 32410, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
touchait is recorded at frequency rank #17,839, classified as averb, pronounced \tu.ʃɛ\. tournait is at rank #14,571, tagged as averb, pronounced \tuʁ.nɛ\.
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 32410, this pair ranks #297,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of touchait vs tournait
Shared letters: aiotu. Private to "touchait": ch. Private to "tournait": nr.
"touchait" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "tournait" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "touchait" and "tournait" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "touchait" vs "tournait" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "touchait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,477 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "touchait" and "tournait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "touchais vs touchait". 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 #297,477 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.