Français homophones

parler/parlers/parlez/parlé/parlée/parlées

"parler" is a verb; "parlers" is a noun - grammar picks the spelling, not sound. Size rank #20 of 9,139 French groups.

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Grammar picks the spelling

Same sound, different grammar: "parler" arrives as a verb, while "parlers" is a noun. Once the sentence role is fixed, only one spelling fits.

Spelling pairs in this cluster

  • Shared stem "parler" then splits - "parler" (6 letters) vs "parlers" (7).
  • Single-letter fork: "parler" keeps r, "parlez" writes z at letter 6.
  • Shared stem "parl" then splits - "parler" (6 letters) vs "parlé" (5).
  • Shared stem "parl" then splits - "parler" (6 letters) vs "parlée" (6).
  • Shared stem "parl" then splits - "parler" (6 letters) vs "parlées" (7).
  • Shared stem "parle" then splits - "parlers" (7 letters) vs "parlez" (6).
  • Shared stem "parl" then splits - "parlers" (7 letters) vs "parlé" (5).
  • Shared stem "parl" then splits - "parlers" (7 letters) vs "parlée" (6).
  • Shared stem "parl" then splits - "parlers" (7 letters) vs "parlées" (7).
  • Shared stem "parl" then splits - "parlez" (6 letters) vs "parlé" (5).
  • Shared stem "parl" then splits - "parlez" (6 letters) vs "parlée" (6).
  • Shared stem "parl" then splits - "parlez" (6 letters) vs "parlées" (7).
  • Shared stem "parlé" then splits - "parlé" (5 letters) vs "parlée" (6).
  • Shared stem "parlé" then splits - "parlé" (5 letters) vs "parlées" (7).
  • Shared stem "parlée" then splits - "parlée" (6 letters) vs "parlées" (7).

Orthographic DNA of this cluster

Shared letters across parler, parlers, parlez, parlé, parlée, parlées: alpr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.

  • parler

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC

    Inventory aelpr · private e

  • parlers

    7 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVCC

    Inventory aelprs · private es

  • parlez

    6 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCVC

    Inventory aelprz · private ez

  • parlé

    5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCCV

    Inventory alpré · private é

  • parlée

    6 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVV

    Inventory aelpré · private eé

  • parlées

    7 letters · 3 vowels · shape CVCCVVC

    Inventory aelprsé · private esé

Pick the spelling from the meaning

  • Write "parler" when you mean: User de la faculté du langage ; proférer, prononcer, articuler des mots.
  • Write "parlers" when you mean: Pluriel de parler.
  • Write "parlez" when you mean: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de parler.
  • Write "parlé" when you mean: Utilisé quand on parle (par opposition à littéraire).
  • Write "parlée" when you mean: Féminin singulier de parlé.
  • Write "parlées" when you mean: Féminin pluriel de parlé.

Known mistypes of these spellings

Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.

  • parler ← aprler · palrer · parelr · parlerr · parller · parlre
  • parlers ← aprlers · palrers · parelrs · parlerrs · parlerss · parlesr
  • parlez ← aprlez · palrez · parelz · parlezz · parllez · parlze

Each spelling

parler

verb · /\paʁ.le\/ · #245 frequency

User de la faculté du langage ; proférer, prononcer, articuler des mots.

parlers

noun · /\paʁ.le\/ · #45,220 frequency

Pluriel de parler.

parlez

verb · /\paʁ.le\/ · #3,785 frequency

Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de parler.

parlé

/\paʁ.le\/

Utilisé quand on parle (par opposition à littéraire).

parlée

/\paʁ.le\/

Féminin singulier de parlé.

parlées

/\paʁ.le\/

Féminin pluriel de parlé.

Nearby French homophone groups

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

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