Which to use
“tournées” and “tourneur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,801
- “tournées” frequency rank
- #41,570
- “tourneur” frequency rank
- 52371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournées | tourneur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de tourné. | Qui tourne, tournant. |
Where the eye mixes tournées and tourneur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. tournées and tourneur follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses tournées with tourneur
A purely visual mix-up. tournées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tournées is recorded at frequency rank #10,801, 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 52371, this pair ranks #148,193 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tournées vs tourneur
Shared letters: enortu. Private to "tournées": sé. Private to "tourneur": -.
"tournées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "tourneur" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tourneur ← oturneur · toruneur · tounreur · tourenur · tourneru · tourneurr · tournneur · tourrneur
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tournées" and "tourneur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "tournées" or "tourneur" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournées" 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 #148,193 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournées" 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 #148,193 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.