Which to use
“tournée” is a noun and “tournez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,395
- “tournée” frequency rank
- #24,058
- “tournez” frequency rank
- 26453
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournée | tournez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Voyage que font les fonctionnaires, les officiers, les prélats, les représentants de commerce, etc., dans les lieux de leur ressort. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tourner. |
Same sound, different letters: tournée vs tournez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. tournée (CVVCCVV) and tournez (CVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - tournée / tournez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: tournée and tournez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tuʁ.ne\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26453, 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\. tournez is at rank #24,058, tagged as averb, 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 26453, this pair ranks #334,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tournée vs tournez
Shared letters: enortu. Private to "tournée": é. Private to "tournez": z.
"tournée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "tournez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tournez ← oturnez · torunez · tounrez · tourenz · tournezz · tournnez · tournze · tourrnez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tournée" and "tournez" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "tournée" or "tournez"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "tournée" / "tournez". 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 "tournez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #334,900 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournée" and "tournez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournez vs tourte". 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 #334,900 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.