parlier
\paʁ.lje\
The verdict
“parlier” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bavard.
Corpus desk
Index FR-parlier · parlier · French
parlier · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" 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 | parlier |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \paʁ.lje\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
parlier is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \paʁ.lje\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Bavard.".
No misspelling variants are generated for parlier in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is parlier, spelled P-A-R-L-I-E-R.
Definition
- 1Bavard.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how parlier appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quoique je ne fasse pas grand cas de toute cette philosophie parlière.
Vos pièces seules ont du mouvement et de l'intérêt ; et, ce qui vaut bien cela, de la philosophie, non pas de la philosophie froide et parlière, mais de la philosophie en action.
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.