Which to use
“tournantes” and “tournants” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #40,537
- “tournantes” frequency rank
- #46,496
- “tournants” frequency rank
- 87033
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournantes | tournants |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de tournant. | Masculin pluriel de tournant. |
Where the eye mixes tournantes and tournants
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. tournantes runs 10 letters (CVVCCVCCVC) against tournants's 9 (CVVCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between tournantes and tournants
A purely visual mix-up. tournantes (\tuʁ.nɑ̃t\) and tournants (\tuʁ.nɑ̃\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87033, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tournantes is recorded at frequency rank #40,537, classified as anadj, pronounced \tuʁ.nɑ̃t\. tournants is at rank #46,496, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tuʁ.nɑ̃\.
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 87033, this pair ranks #8,858 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tournantes vs tournants
Shared letters: anorstu. Private to "tournantes": e. Private to "tournants": -.
"tournantes" · 10 letters · shape CVVCCVCCVC · "tournants" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tournantes ← oturnantes · torunantes · tounrantes · touranntes · tournanets · tournanntes · tournantess · tournantse
- tournants ← oturnants · torunants · tounrants · tourannts · tournannts · tournanst · tournantss · tournantts
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tournantes" and "tournants" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "tournantes" or "tournants" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "tournantes" and "tournants" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournantes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournants" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,858 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournantes" and "tournants" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournais 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 #8,858 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.