Which to use
“tournage” and “tournée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,647
- “tournage” frequency rank
- #2,395
- “tournée” frequency rank
- 6042
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournage | tournée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action de façonner des pièces mécaniques ou d’un autre matériau à l’aide d’un tour mécanique. | Voyage que font les fonctionnaires, les officiers, les prélats, les représentants de commerce, etc., dans les lieux de leur ressort. |
Where the eye mixes tournage and tournée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. tournage runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCV) against tournée's 7 (CVVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between tournage and tournée
A purely visual mix-up. tournage (\tuʁ.naʒ\) 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 6042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tournage is recorded at frequency rank #3,647, classified as anoun, pronounced \tuʁ.naʒ\. 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 6042, this pair ranks #427,344 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tournage vs tournée
Shared letters: enortu. Private to "tournage": ag. Private to "tournée": é.
"tournage" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCV · "tournée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- tournage ← oturnage · torunage · tounrage · tourange · tournaeg · tournagge · tourngae · tournnage
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tournage" and "tournée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tournage" or "tournée"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournage" 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 #427,344 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournage" and "tournée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournage 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 #427,344 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.