Which to use
“tourbe” and “tournée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,222
- “tourbe” frequency rank
- #2,395
- “tournée” frequency rank
- 34617
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tourbe | tournée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Matière spongieuse et légère qui résulte de la décomposition à l’abri de l’air (dans l’eau) de certains végétaux (sphaigne, hypnum ou joncs) et qui est utilisée comme combustible et comme amendement. | Voyage que font les fonctionnaires, les officiers, les prélats, les représentants de commerce, etc., dans les lieux de leur ressort. |
Where the eye mixes tourbe and tournée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tourbe runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against tournée's 7 (CVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tourbe vs tournée
A purely visual mix-up. tourbe (\tuʁb\) and tournée (\tuʁ.ne\) 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 34617, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tourbe is recorded at frequency rank #32,222, classified as anoun, pronounced \tuʁb\. tournée is at rank #2,395, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tuʁ.ne\.
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 34617, this pair ranks #282,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tourbe vs tournée
Shared letters: eortu. Private to "tourbe": b. Private to "tournée": né.
"tourbe" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "tournée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tourbe ← oturbe · torube · toubre · tourbbe · toureb · tourrbe · ttourbe · tuorbe
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tourbe" and "tournée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "tourbe" or "tournée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tourbe" and "tournée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tourbe" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #282,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tourbe" and "tournée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tourbe vs tourte". 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 #282,563 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.