Which to use
“tourné” and “tournés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,300
- “tourné” frequency rank
- #14,572
- “tournés” frequency rank
- 17872
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tourné | tournés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aigri. | Masculin pluriel de tourné. |
Same sound, different letters: tourné vs tournés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. tourné runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against tournés's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: tourné vs tournés
This is the hard kind. tourné and tournés are pronounced identically (\tuʁ.ne\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “tourné” sits inside “tournés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17872, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tourné is recorded at frequency rank #3,300, classified as anadj, pronounced \tuʁ.ne\. tournés is at rank #14,572, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tuʁ.ne\.
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 17872, this pair ranks #381,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tourné vs tournés
Shared letters: nortué. Private to "tourné": -. Private to "tournés": s.
"tourné" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "tournés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tourné" and "tournés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tourné" vs "tournés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "tourné" / "tournés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "tourné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #381,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tourné" and "tournés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournais vs tournés". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #381,042 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.