Which to use
“tounes” and “tournis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,188
- “tounes” frequency rank
- #44,230
- “tournis” frequency rank
- 87418
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tounes | tournis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de toune. | Maladie des moutons et des bœufs dans laquelle, pris d’une sorte de vertige, ils tournent convulsivement sur eux-mêmes. |
Where the eye mixes tounes and tournis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tounes runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against tournis's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses tounes with tournis
A purely visual mix-up. tounes (\tun\) and tournis (\tuʁ.ni\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87418, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tounes is recorded at frequency rank #43,188, classified as anoun, pronounced \tun\. tournis is at rank #44,230, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tuʁ.ni\.
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 87418, this pair ranks #8,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tounes vs tournis
Shared letters: nostu. Private to "tounes": e. Private to "tournis": ir.
"tounes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "tournis" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tounes" for "tournis" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "tounes" or "tournis" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tounes" and "tournis" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tounes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,314 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tounes" and "tournis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournais vs tournis". 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 #8,314 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.