Which to use
“tournais” and “tournants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,402
- “tournais” frequency rank
- #46,496
- “tournants” frequency rank
- 95898
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournais | tournants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif au Tourne, commune française située dans le département de la Gironde. | Masculin pluriel de tournant. |
Where the eye mixes tournais and tournants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses tournais with tournants
A purely visual mix-up. tournais (\tuʁ.nɛ\) and tournants (\tuʁ.nɑ̃\) 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 95898, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tournais is recorded at frequency rank #49,402, classified as anadj, pronounced \tuʁ.nɛ\. tournants is at rank #46,496, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tuʁ.nɑ̃\.
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 95898, this pair ranks #877 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tournais vs tournants
Shared letters: anorstu. Private to "tournais": i. Private to "tournants": -.
"tournais" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "tournants" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tournais" for "tournants" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tournais" or "tournants"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #877 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournais" and "tournants" 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 #877 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.