Which to use
“tourna” is a verb and “Tournon” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,304
- “tourna” frequency rank
- #38,576
- “Tournon” frequency rank
- 58880
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tourna | Tournon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de tourner. | Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie. |
Letter map: tourna vs Tournon
Shared letters muted; letters that set tourna and Tournon apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. tourna runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against Tournon's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: tourna vs Tournon
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tourna is averb and Tournonaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58880, 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\. Tournon is at rank #38,576, tagged as aname.
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 58880, this pair ranks #106,361 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tourna vs Tournon
Shared letters: nortu. Private to "tourna": a. Private to "Tournon": -.
"tourna" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "Tournon" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tourna" for "Tournon" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tourna" vs "Tournon" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "tourna" vs "Tournon" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "tourna" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Tournon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #106,361 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tourna" and "Tournon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Tournon vs tournons". 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 #106,361 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.