tu parles
\ty paʁl\
The verdict
“tu parles” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an interjection. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Exprime le scepticisme.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tu-parles · tu parles · French
tu parles · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" 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 | tu parles |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Interjection |
| IPA | \ty paʁl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tu parles » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tu parles is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as aninterjection, transcribed \ty paʁl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Exprime le scepticisme.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tu parles, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tu parles, spelled T-U- -P-A-R-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Exprime le scepticisme.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tu parles appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
De mon anniversaire, de la naissance du petit garçon d’autrefois, pas un mot. Ça ne lui avait donc rien fait, alors ? Mère des souvenirs… Ah ! – tu parles !
Il s'en va en me disant sans la moindre conviction : « Je vous souhaite bonne chance, car nous en avons tous besoin ! » Tu parles !
Synonyms
This word in other languages
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.