Which to use
“tournages” and “tournures” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,902
- “tournages” frequency rank
- #37,097
- “tournures” frequency rank
- 63999
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournages | tournures |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de tournage. | Pluriel de tournure. |
Where the eye mixes tournages and tournures
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. tournages and tournures follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses tournages with tournures
A purely visual mix-up. tournages (\tuʁ.naʒ\) and tournures (\tuʁ.nyʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63999, 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\. tournures is at rank #37,097, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tuʁ.nyʁ\.
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 63999, this pair ranks #79,168 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tournages vs tournures
Shared letters: enorstu. Private to "tournages": ag. Private to "tournures": -.
"tournages" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC · "tournures" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tournages" and "tournures" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "tournages" or "tournures"?
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 "tournures" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,168 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournages" and "tournures" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournages 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 #79,168 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.