Which to use
“tournages” is a noun and “tournais” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,902
- “tournages” frequency rank
- #49,402
- “tournais” frequency rank
- 76304
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournages | tournais |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de tournage. | Relatif au Tourne, commune française située dans le département de la Gironde. |
Where the eye mixes tournages and tournais
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. tournages runs 9 letters (CVVCCVCVC) against tournais's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tournages vs tournais
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tournages is \tuʁ.naʒ\ while tournais is \tuʁ.nɛ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76304, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tournages is recorded at frequency rank #26,902, classified as anoun, pronounced \tuʁ.naʒ\. tournais is at rank #49,402, tagged as anadj, 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 76304, this pair ranks #31,508 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tournages vs tournais
Shared letters: anorstu. Private to "tournages": eg. Private to "tournais": i.
"tournages" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC · "tournais" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tournages" for "tournais" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tournages" vs "tournais" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournages" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournais" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,508 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournages" and "tournais" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "touchais 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 #31,508 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.