pourparlers

\puʁ.paʁ.le\

/\puʁ.paʁ.le\/ noun

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The verdict

“pourparlers” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #17,234. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,234
frequency rank, French
6,826
“P” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Conversation, conférence entre deux ou plusieurs parties pour arriver à un accord ou traiter d’affaires.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pourparlers · pourparlers · French

pourparlers · rank #17,234 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,234
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,826
  • PHOTO-FINISH potassium

Nearest frequency peer: potassium (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « pourparlers »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « pourparlers » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for pourparlers
PropertyValue
Headwordpourparlers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\puʁ.paʁ.le\
Letters11
Frequency rank#17,234
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « pourparlers »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).pourparlersse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « potassium » (#17,233), « pratiquants » (#17,235), « pleuvoir » (#17,232). Parmi 6,826 lemmes en « P », « pourparlers » est au #17,234. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around pourparlers (IPA \puʁ.paʁ.le\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #17,234 among 6,826 “P” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Conversation, conférence entre deux ou plusieurs parties pour arriver à un accord ou traiter d’affaires.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for pourparlers, with forms such as "opurparlers", "poruparlers", and "pouprarlers". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pourparlers, spelled P-O-U-R-P-A-R-L-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Conversation, conférence entre deux ou plusieurs parties pour arriver à un accord ou traiter d’affaires.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pourparlers appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En 1945 commencèrent au Chili, des pourparlers au termes desquels les États-Unis étaient censés établir des missions spéciales pour régulariser les relations militaires entre les deux pays.
  2. Ce ne fut que dans la nuit du samedi au dimanche, après trois jours de pourparlers, que l’orgueil de l’abbé Maslon plia devant la peur du maire qui se changeait en courage.

Synonyms

négociationtractation

This word in other languages

talks(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • opurparlers
  • poruparlers
  • pouprarlers
  • pouraprlers
  • pourpalrers
  • pourparelrs
  • pourparlerrs
  • pourparlerss
  • pourparlesr
  • pourparllers
  • pourparlres
  • pourparrlers
  • pourpparlers
  • pourpralers
  • pourrparlers
  • ppourparlers
  • puorparlers

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of pourparlers - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

opurparlers2poruparlers2pouprarlers2pouraprlers2pourpalrers2pourparelrs2pourparlerrs1pourparlerss1
Edit distance from "pourparlers"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pourparlers"?
"pourparlers" is spelled P-O-U-R-P-A-R-L-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \puʁ.paʁ.le\.
What does "pourparlers" mean?
As a noun, "pourparlers" means: Conversation, conférence entre deux ou plusieurs parties pour arriver à un accord ou traiter d’affaires.
What are common misspellings of "pourparlers"?
Common misspellings include "opurparlers", "poruparlers", "pouprarlers", "pouraprlers", "pourpalrers". The correct spelling is "pourparlers".
How do you pronounce "pourparlers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pourparlers" is \puʁ.paʁ.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pourparlers" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "pourparlers", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

pratiquants#17,235remaniement#17,249pakistanais#17,214réouverture#17,262

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

scepticisme17 variantssymphonique17 variantsurbanisation17 variantsintolérable17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list