Which to use
“tournés” and “toutes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,572
- “tournés” frequency rank
- #155
- “toutes” frequency rank
- 14727
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournés | toutes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de tourné. | Féminin pluriel de tout. |
Where the eye mixes tournés and toutes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. tournés runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against toutes's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between tournés and toutes
A purely visual mix-up. tournés (\tuʁ.ne\) and toutes (\tut\) 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 14727, 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\. toutes is at rank #155, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tut\.
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 14727, this pair ranks #395,454 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tournés vs toutes
Shared letters: ostu. Private to "tournés": nré. Private to "toutes": e.
"tournés" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "toutes" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- toutes ← otutes · totues · touets · toutess · toutse · touttes · ttoutes · tuotes
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tournés" for "toutes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tournés" vs "toutes" - which ranks higher?
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 "toutes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #395,454 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournés" and "toutes" 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 #395,454 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.