beau parleur
\bo paʁ.lœʁ\
The verdict
“beau parleur” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui s’exprime avec aisance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-beau-parleur · beau parleur · French
beau parleur · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | beau parleur |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \bo paʁ.lœʁ\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « beau parleur » en français
Rare enough to double-check
beau parleur is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \bo paʁ.lœʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
beau parleur doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is beau parleur, spelled B-E-A-U- -P-A-R-L-E-U-R.
Definition
- 1Qui s’exprime avec aisance.
- 2Baratineur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beau parleur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Par son côté oratoire, le métier d’avocat lui plaisait, car déjà il était beau parleur.
Un instant après, M. de Rênal repris par la vanité blessée se rappelait laborieusement tous les moyens cités au billard du Casino ou Cercle Noble de Verrières, quand quelque beau parleur interrompt la poule pour s’égayer aux dépens d’un mari trompé.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.