Which to use
“tourna” and “tournait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,304
- “tourna” frequency rank
- #14,571
- “tournait” frequency rank
- 34875
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tourna | tournait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de tourner. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de tourner. |
Where the eye mixes tourna and tournait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. tourna runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against tournait's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tourna vs tournait
A purely visual mix-up. tourna (\tuʁ.na\) and tournait (\tuʁ.nɛ\) 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 extra letter(s) - “tourna” sits inside “tournait”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34875, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tourna is recorded at frequency rank #20,304, classified as averb, pronounced \tuʁ.na\. tournait is at rank #14,571, tagged as averb, pronounced \tuʁ.nɛ\.
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 34875, this pair ranks #280,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tourna vs tournait
Shared letters: anortu. Private to "tourna": -. Private to "tournait": i.
"tourna" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "tournait" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tourna" and "tournait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tourna" vs "tournait" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tourna" and "tournait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tourna" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #280,737 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tourna" and "tournait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tourna vs tournais". 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 #280,737 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.