Which to use
“tournée” and “tournis” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,395
- “tournée” frequency rank
- #44,230
- “tournis” frequency rank
- 46625
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournée | tournis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Voyage que font les fonctionnaires, les officiers, les prélats, les représentants de commerce, etc., dans les lieux de leur ressort. | Maladie des moutons et des bœufs dans laquelle, pris d’une sorte de vertige, ils tournent convulsivement sur eux-mêmes. |
Where the eye mixes tournée and tournis
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between tournée and tournis
A purely visual mix-up. tournée (\tuʁ.ne\) and tournis (\tuʁ.ni\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46625, 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\. tournis is at rank #44,230, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tuʁ.ni\.
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 46625, this pair ranks #193,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tournée vs tournis
Shared letters: nortu. Private to "tournée": eé. Private to "tournis": is.
"tournée" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "tournis" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tournis ← oturnis · torunis · tounris · tourins · tourniss · tournnis · tournsi · tourrnis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tournée" and "tournis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "tournée" or "tournis"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #193,447 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournée" and "tournis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournais vs tournis". 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 #193,447 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.