Which to use
“parlées” is an adjective and “parliez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,990
- “parlées” frequency rank
- #33,817
- “parliez” frequency rank
- 70807
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parlées | parliez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de parlé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de parler. |
Where the eye mixes parlées and parliez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. parlées and parliez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: parlées vs parliez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: parlées is \paʁ.le\ while parliez is \paʁ.lje\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70807, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parlées is recorded at frequency rank #36,990, classified as anadj, pronounced \paʁ.le\. parliez is at rank #33,817, tagged as averb, pronounced \paʁ.lje\.
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 70807, this pair ranks #49,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of parlées vs parliez
Shared letters: aelpr. Private to "parlées": sé. Private to "parliez": iz.
"parlées" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "parliez" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- parliez ← aprliez · palriez · parilez · parleiz · parliezz · parlize · parlliez · parrliez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "parlées" for "parliez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "parlées" or "parliez"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "parlées" and "parliez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "parlées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parliez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,932 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parlées" and "parliez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parlées vs parlers". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #49,932 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.