Which to use
“parlée” and “parlées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #18,272
- “parlée” frequency rank
- #36,990
- “parlées” frequency rank
- 55262
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parlée | parlées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de parlé. | Féminin pluriel de parlé. |
Same sound, different letters: parlée vs parlées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. parlée runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against parlées's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: parlée vs parlées
This is the hard kind. parlée and parlées are pronounced identically (\paʁ.le\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “parlée” sits inside “parlées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55262, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parlée is recorded at frequency rank #18,272, classified as anadj, pronounced \paʁ.le\. parlées is at rank #36,990, tagged as anadj, pronounced \paʁ.le\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 55262, this pair ranks #128,588 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of parlée vs parlées
Shared letters: aelpré. Private to "parlée": -. Private to "parlées": s.
"parlée" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "parlées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "parlée" for "parlées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "parlée" or "parlées"?
After this comparison
"parlée" and "parlées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "parlée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parlées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,588 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parlée" and "parlées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parlées vs parlers". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #128,588 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.