Which to use
“tournés” and “tourneur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,572
- “tournés” frequency rank
- #41,570
- “tourneur” frequency rank
- 56142
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournés | tourneur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de tourné. | Qui tourne, tournant. |
Where the eye mixes tournés and tourneur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. tournés runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against tourneur's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tournés vs tourneur
A purely visual mix-up. tournés (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56142, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tournés is recorded at frequency rank #14,572, 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 56142, this pair ranks #122,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tournés vs tourneur
Shared letters: nortu. Private to "tournés": sé. Private to "tourneur": e.
"tournés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "tourneur" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tourneur ← oturneur · toruneur · tounreur · tourenur · tourneru · tourneurr · tournneur · tourrneur
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tournés" for "tourneur" ever safe?
Which is more common, "tournés" or "tourneur"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournés" 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 #122,970 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournés" 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 #122,970 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.