Which to use
“tournais” and “tournois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,402
- “tournais” frequency rank
- #7,505
- “tournois” frequency rank
- 56907
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournais | tournois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif au Tourne, commune française située dans le département de la Gironde. | Relatif à des pièces de monnaie qui se frappaient à Tours et qui étaient plus faibles d’un cinquième que celles de Paris, ou frappées sur le modèle de celles de Tours après le XIII^(ème) siècle. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set tournais and tournois apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
tournais and tournois form a confusable pair in the French index, two distinct headwords that are easily confused because they look alike, sound alike, or both. They differ by a single letter - a in “tournais” becomes o in “tournois” - close enough that the eye skips over the difference, far enough that meaning fully diverges. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56907, 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\. tournois is at rank #7,505, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tuʁ.nwa\.
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 56907, this pair ranks #118,210 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering tournais vs tournois
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “tournais” entry
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