Which to use
“touré” and “tournez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,893
- “touré” frequency rank
- #24,058
- “tournez” frequency rank
- 42951
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | touré | tournez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe tourer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tourner. |
Where the eye mixes touré and tournez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. touré runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against tournez's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses touré with tournez
A purely visual mix-up. touré (\tu.ʁe\) and tournez (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42951, 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\. tournez is at rank #24,058, tagged as averb, 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 42951, this pair ranks #221,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of touré vs tournez
Shared letters: ortu. Private to "touré": é. Private to "tournez": enz.
"touré" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "tournez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tournez ← oturnez · torunez · tounrez · tourenz · tournezz · tournnez · tournze · tourrnez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "touré" and "tournez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "touré" or "tournez" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "touré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #221,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "touré" and "tournez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournez 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 #221,709 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.