Which to use
“tournait” and “tournerait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,571
- “tournait” frequency rank
- #47,653
- “tournerait” frequency rank
- 62224
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournait | tournerait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de tourner. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de tourner. |
Where the eye mixes tournait and tournerait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. tournait runs 8 letters (CVVCCVVC) against tournerait's 10 (CVVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between tournait and tournerait
A purely visual mix-up. tournait (\tuʁ.nɛ\) and tournerait (\tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62224, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tournait is recorded at frequency rank #14,571, classified as averb, pronounced \tuʁ.nɛ\. tournerait is at rank #47,653, tagged as averb, pronounced \tuʁ.nə.ʁɛ\.
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 62224, this pair ranks #88,232 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tournait vs tournerait
Shared letters: ainortu. Private to "tournait": -. Private to "tournerait": e.
"tournait" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "tournerait" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tournait ← oturnait · torunait · tounrait · touranit · tournaitt · tournati · tourniat · tournnait
- tournerait ← oturnerait · torunerait · tounrerait · tourenrait · tournearit · tourneraitt · tournerati · tourneriat
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tournait" and "tournerait" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "tournait" or "tournerait"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "tournait" and "tournerait" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournerait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,232 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournait" and "tournerait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournerait vs tourneront". 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 #88,232 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.