Which to use
“tournante” is a noun and “tournantes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,589
- “tournante” frequency rank
- #40,537
- “tournantes” frequency rank
- 61126
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournante | tournantes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Viol en réunion : viol commis par plusieurs personnes. | Féminin pluriel de tournant. |
Same sound, different letters: tournante vs tournantes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. tournante runs 9 letters (CVVCCVCCV) against tournantes's 10 (CVVCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - tournante / tournantes
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: tournante and tournantes carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tuʁ.nɑ̃t\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “tournante” sits inside “tournantes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61126, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tournante is recorded at frequency rank #20,589, classified as anoun, pronounced \tuʁ.nɑ̃t\. 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 61126, this pair ranks #93,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tournante vs tournantes
Shared letters: aenortu. Private to "tournante": -. Private to "tournantes": s.
"tournante" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCCV · "tournantes" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tournante ← oturnante · torunante · tounrante · tourannte · tournanet · tournannte · tournantte · tournatne
- tournantes ← oturnantes · torunantes · tounrantes · touranntes · tournanets · tournanntes · tournantess · tournantse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tournante" and "tournantes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tournante" or "tournantes"?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournante" 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 #93,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournante" 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 #93,928 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.