Which to use
“tour” is a noun and “tua” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #360
- “tour” frequency rank
- #23,403
- “tua” frequency rank
- 23763
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tour | tua |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Construction élevée, cylindrique, carrée ou polygonale. | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de tuer. |
Where the eye mixes tour and tua
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: tour vs tua
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tour is \tuʁ\ while tua is \tɥa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tour is recorded at frequency rank #360, classified as anoun, pronounced \tuʁ\. tua is at rank #23,403, tagged as averb, pronounced \tɥa\.
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 23763, this pair ranks #350,597 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tour vs tua
Shared letters: tu. Private to "tour": or. Private to "tua": a.
"tour" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "tua" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tour ← otur · toru · tourr · ttour · tuor
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tour" and "tua" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tour" vs "tua" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "tour" and "tua" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tour" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tua" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #350,597 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tour" and "tua" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tif vs tua". 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 #350,597 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.