Which to use
“tournoi” is a noun and “tournois” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,549
- “tournoi” frequency rank
- #7,505
- “tournois” frequency rank
- 10054
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tournoi | tournois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Compétition amicale, sans enjeu important et ne donnant pas lieu à l'attribution d'un titre. | 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. |
Same sound, different letters: tournoi vs tournois
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - tournoi / tournois
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: tournoi and tournois carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tuʁ.nwa\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “tournoi” sits inside “tournois”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10054, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tournoi is recorded at frequency rank #2,549, classified as anoun, pronounced \tuʁ.nwa\. 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 10054, this pair ranks #414,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tournoi vs tournois
Shared letters: inortu. Private to "tournoi": -. Private to "tournois": s.
"tournoi" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVV · "tournois" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tournoi" and "tournois" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "tournoi" vs "tournois" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "tournoi" / "tournois". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "tournoi" 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 #414,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tournoi" and "tournois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournais vs tournois". 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 #414,383 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.