Which to use
“tournant” and “tournantes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,899
- “tournant” frequency rank
- #40,537
- “tournantes” frequency rank
- 45436
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournant | tournantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui tourne. | Féminin pluriel de tournant. |
Where the eye mixes tournant and tournantes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. tournant runs 8 letters (CVVCCVCC) against tournantes's 10 (CVVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses tournant with tournantes
A purely visual mix-up. tournant (\tuʁ.nɑ̃\) and tournantes (\tuʁ.nɑ̃t\) 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 extra letter(s) - “tournant” sits inside “tournantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tournant is recorded at frequency rank #4,899, classified as anadj, pronounced \tuʁ.nɑ̃\. tournantes is at rank #40,537, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tuʁ.nɑ̃t\.
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 45436, this pair ranks #202,715 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tournant vs tournantes
Shared letters: anortu. Private to "tournant": -. Private to "tournantes": es.
"tournant" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "tournantes" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tournant ← oturnant · torunant · tounrant · tourannt · tournannt · tournantt · tournatn · tournnant
- tournantes ← oturnantes · torunantes · tounrantes · touranntes · tournanets · tournanntes · tournantess · tournantse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tournant" and "tournantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "tournant" or "tournantes" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournantes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,715 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournant" and "tournantes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournantes vs tournants". 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 #202,715 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.