Which to use
“tournée” is a noun and “tournées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,395
- “tournée” frequency rank
- #10,801
- “tournées” frequency rank
- 13196
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournée | tournées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Voyage que font les fonctionnaires, les officiers, les prélats, les représentants de commerce, etc., dans les lieux de leur ressort. | Féminin pluriel de tourné. |
Same sound, different letters: tournée vs tournées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - tournée / tournées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: tournée and tournées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tuʁ.ne\. 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) - “tournée” sits inside “tournées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13196, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tournée is recorded at frequency rank #2,395, classified as anoun, pronounced \tuʁ.ne\. tournées is at rank #10,801, 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 13196, this pair ranks #402,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tournée vs tournées
Shared letters: enortué. Private to "tournée": -. Private to "tournées": s.
"tournée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "tournées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tournée" and "tournées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "tournée" or "tournées"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "tournée" / "tournées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #402,030 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournée" and "tournées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournais vs tournées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #402,030 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.