Which to use
“touré” is a verb and “tournée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,893
- “touré” frequency rank
- #2,395
- “tournée” frequency rank
- 21288
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | touré | tournée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe tourer. | Voyage que font les fonctionnaires, les officiers, les prélats, les représentants de commerce, etc., dans les lieux de leur ressort. |
Where the eye mixes touré and tournée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between touré and tournée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: touré is \tu.ʁe\ while tournée is \tuʁ.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21288, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
touré is recorded at frequency rank #18,893, classified as averb, pronounced \tu.ʁe\. 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 21288, this pair ranks #363,958 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of touré vs tournée
Shared letters: ortué. Private to "touré": -. Private to "tournée": en.
"touré" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "tournée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "touré" for "tournée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "touré" or "tournée" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "touré" 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 #363,958 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "touré" and "tournée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "touré vs turf". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #363,958 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.