parlervsparleraTell them apart

Which to use

“parler” and “parlera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#245
“parler” frequency rank
#11,093
“parlera” frequency rank
11338
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parler parlera
Definition User de la faculté du langage ; proférer, prononcer, articuler des mots. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de parler.

Where the eye mixes parler and parlera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
parler
7 ch
parlera

Visual trap between parler and parlera

A purely visual mix-up. parler (\paʁ.le\) and parlera (\paʁ.lə.ʁa\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “parler” sits inside “parlera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parler is recorded at frequency rank #245, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁ.le\. parlera is at rank #11,093, tagged as averb, pronounced \paʁ.lə.ʁa\.

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 11338, this pair ranks #409,539 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of parler vs parlera

Shared letters: aelpr. Private to "parler": -. Private to "parlera": -.

"parler" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "parlera" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parleraprler · palrer · parelr · parlerr · parller · parlre · parrler · pparler
  • parleraaprlera · palrera · parelra · parlear · parlerra · parllera · parlrea · parrlera

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "parler" and "parlera" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\paʁ.le\ versus \paʁ.lə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "parler" or "parlera"?
"parler" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #245 in our French list, against #11,093 for "parlera". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "parler" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "parlera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #409,539 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parler" and "parlera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parlera 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 #409,539 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list