Which to use
“tourné” and “tourneur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,300
- “tourné” frequency rank
- #41,570
- “tourneur” frequency rank
- 44870
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tourné | tourneur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aigri. | Qui tourne, tournant. |
Where the eye mixes tourné and tourneur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tourné runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against tourneur's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses tourné with tourneur
A purely visual mix-up. tourné (\tuʁ.ne\) and tourneur (\tuʁ.nœʁ\) 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 44870, 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\. tourneur is at rank #41,570, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tuʁ.nœʁ\.
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 44870, this pair ranks #207,161 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tourné vs tourneur
Shared letters: nortu. Private to "tourné": é. Private to "tourneur": e.
"tourné" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "tourneur" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tourneur ← oturneur · toruneur · tounreur · tourenur · tourneru · tourneurr · tournneur · tourrneur
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tourné" and "tourneur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tourné" vs "tourneur" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tourné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tourneur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #207,161 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tourné" and "tourneur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "torpeur vs tourneur". 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 #207,161 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.