Which to use
“Tournon” is a name and “tournons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,576
- “Tournon” frequency rank
- #45,351
- “tournons” frequency rank
- 83927
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Tournon | tournons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Commune française, située dans le département de la Savoie. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de tourner. |
Letter map: Tournon vs tournons
Shared letters muted; letters that set Tournon and tournons apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. Tournon runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against tournons's 8 (CVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Tournon / tournons
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Tournon is aname and tournonsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Tournon” sits inside “tournons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83927, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Tournon is recorded at frequency rank #38,576, classified as aname. tournons is at rank #45,351, tagged as averb, pronounced \tuʁ.nɔ̃\.
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 83927, this pair ranks #13,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Tournon vs tournons
Shared letters: nortu. Private to "Tournon": -. Private to "tournons": s.
"Tournon" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "tournons" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Tournon" and "tournons" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "Tournon" vs "tournons" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "Tournon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tournons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #13,904 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Tournon" and "tournons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tournais 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 #13,904 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.