Which to use
“parles” and “pillés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,750
- “parles” frequency rank
- #40,925
- “pillés” frequency rank
- 42675
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | parles | pillés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de parler. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de piller. |
Where the eye mixes parles and pillés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. parles and pillés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between parles and pillés
A purely visual mix-up. parles (\paʁl\) and pillés (\pi.je\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
parles is recorded at frequency rank #1,750, classified as averb, pronounced \paʁl\. pillés is at rank #40,925, tagged as averb, pronounced \pi.je\.
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 42675, this pair ranks #223,810 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of parles vs pillés
Shared letters: lps. Private to "parles": aer. Private to "pillés": ié.
"parles" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "pillés" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- parles ← aprles · palres · parels · parless · parlles · parlse · parrles · pparles
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "parles" for "pillés" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "parles" or "pillés" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "parles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pillés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #223,810 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "parles" and "pillés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pillés vs poilues". 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 #223,810 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.