Which to use
“tournent” and “tournons” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,912
- “tournent” frequency rank
- #45,351
- “tournons” frequency rank
- 53263
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournent | tournons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tourner. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tourner. |
Where the eye mixes tournent and tournons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. tournent and tournons follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: tournent vs tournons
A purely visual mix-up. tournent (\tuʁn\) and tournons (\tuʁ.nɔ̃\) 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 53263, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tournent is recorded at frequency rank #7,912, classified as averb, pronounced \tuʁn\. tournons is at rank #45,351, tagged as averb, pronounced \tuʁ.nɔ̃\.
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 53263, this pair ranks #141,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tournent vs tournons
Shared letters: nortu. Private to "tournent": e. Private to "tournons": s.
"tournent" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC · "tournons" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tournent" for "tournons" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tournent" or "tournons"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,968 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournent" and "tournons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournais vs tournons". 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 #141,968 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.