Which to use
“tournez” is a verb and “Tournon” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,058
- “tournez” frequency rank
- #38,576
- “Tournon” frequency rank
- 62634
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournez | Tournon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tourner. | Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie. |
Letter map: tournez vs Tournon
Shared letters muted; letters that set tournez and Tournon apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. tournez and Tournon follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: tournez vs Tournon
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tournez is averb and Tournonaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62634, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tournez is recorded at frequency rank #24,058, classified as averb, pronounced \tuʁ.ne\. Tournon is at rank #38,576, tagged as aname.
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 62634, this pair ranks #86,112 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of tournez vs Tournon
Shared letters: nortu. Private to "tournez": ez. Private to "Tournon": -.
"tournez" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "Tournon" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tournez" for "Tournon" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "tournez" or "Tournon" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "tournez" and "Tournon". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournez" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Tournon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,112 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournez" and "Tournon" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Tournon 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 #86,112 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.