Which to use
“tournées” and “tournois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,801
- “tournées” frequency rank
- #7,505
- “tournois” frequency rank
- 18306
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournées | tournois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de tourné. | Relatif à des pièces de monnaie qui se frappaient à Tours et qui étaient plus faibles d’un cinquième que celles de Paris, ou frappées sur le modèle de celles de Tours après le XIII^(ème) siècle. |
Where the eye mixes tournées and tournois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. tournées and tournois 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 tournois
A purely visual mix-up. tournées (\tuʁ.ne\) and tournois (\tuʁ.nwa\) 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 18306, 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\. tournois is at rank #7,505, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tuʁ.nwa\.
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 18306, this pair ranks #378,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tournées vs tournois
Shared letters: norstu. Private to "tournées": eé. Private to "tournois": i.
"tournées" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC · "tournois" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tournois ← oturnois · torunois · tounrois · tournios · tournnois · tournoiss · tournosi · touronis
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tournées" and "tournois" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "tournées" vs "tournois" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #378,995 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournées" and "tournois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournais vs tournées". 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 #378,995 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.