Which to use
“tournés” and “tournois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,572
- “tournés” frequency rank
- #7,505
- “tournois” frequency rank
- 22077
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournés | tournois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin 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 tournés and tournois
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. tournés runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against tournois's 8 (CVVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: tournés vs tournois
A purely visual mix-up. tournés (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22077, 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\. 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 22077, this pair ranks #359,925 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tournés vs tournois
Shared letters: norstu. Private to "tournés": é. Private to "tournois": i.
"tournés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "tournois" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tournois ← oturnois · torunois · tounrois · tournios · tournnois · tournoiss · tournosi · touronis
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tournés" and "tournois" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "tournés" or "tournois" 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 "tournés" 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 #359,925 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournés" and "tournois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournais vs tournés". 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 #359,925 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.