Which to use
“parlement” and “parlements” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,300
- “parlement” frequency rank
- #22,964
- “parlements” frequency rank
- 24264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parlement | parlements |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dans l'ancienne France, jusqu'au XIIIᵉ siècle, assemblée des grands du royaume, que le roi convoquait pour traiter des affaires importantes. | Pluriel de parlement. |
Same sound, different letters: parlement vs parlements
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - parlement and parlements
This is the hard kind. parlement and parlements are pronounced identically (\paʁ.lə.mɑ̃\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “parlement” sits inside “parlements”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parlement is recorded at frequency rank #1,300, classified as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.lə.mɑ̃\. parlements is at rank #22,964, tagged as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.lə.mɑ̃\.
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 24264, this pair ranks #347,609 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of parlement vs parlements
Shared letters: aelmnprt. Private to "parlement": -. Private to "parlements": s.
"parlement" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC · "parlements" · 10 letters · shape CVCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- parlement ← aprlement · palrement · parelment · parleemnt · parlemennt · parlementt · parlemetn · parlemment
- parlements ← aprlements · palrements · parelments · parleemnts · parlemennts · parlemenst · parlementss · parlementts
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "parlement" and "parlements" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "parlement" or "parlements"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "parlement" / "parlements". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "parlement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "parlements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #347,609 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parlement" and "parlements" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parement vs parlements". 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 #347,609 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.