Which to use
“tourné” is an adjective and “Tournon” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,300
- “tourné” frequency rank
- #38,576
- “Tournon” frequency rank
- 41876
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tourné | Tournon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aigri. | Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie. |
Letter map: tourné vs Tournon
Shared letters muted; letters that set tourné and Tournon apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. tourné runs 6 letters (CVVCCV) against Tournon's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - tourné and Tournon
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tourné is anadjective and Tournonaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41876, 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\. Tournon is at rank #38,576, tagged as aname.
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 41876, this pair ranks #229,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tourné vs Tournon
Shared letters: nortu. Private to "tourné": é. Private to "Tournon": -.
"tourné" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV · "Tournon" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Tournon ← oturnon · torunon · tounron · tournno · tournnon · tournonn · touronn · tourrnon
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tourné" and "Tournon" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "tourné" or "Tournon" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "tourné" vs "Tournon" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "tourné" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Tournon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #229,865 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tourné" and "Tournon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Tournon vs tournons". 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 #229,865 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.