Which to use
“tournais” is an adjective and “tournis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,402
- “tournais” frequency rank
- #44,230
- “tournis” frequency rank
- 93632
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournais | tournis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif au Tourne, commune française située dans le département de la Gironde. | Maladie des moutons et des bœufs dans laquelle, pris d’une sorte de vertige, ils tournent convulsivement sur eux-mêmes. |
Where the eye mixes tournais and tournis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. tournais runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVC) against tournis's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tournais vs tournis
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tournais is \tuʁ.nɛ\ while tournis is \tuʁ.ni\. 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 (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93632, 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\. tournis is at rank #44,230, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tuʁ.ni\.
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 93632, this pair ranks #2,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tournais vs tournis
Shared letters: inorstu. Private to "tournais": a. Private to "tournis": -.
"tournais" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "tournis" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tournais" for "tournis" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tournais" or "tournis"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournais" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,134 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournais" and "tournis" 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 #2,134 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.