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

#17,785
“parleur” frequency rank
#22,365
“parleurs” frequency rank
40150
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature parleur parleurs
Definition Celui qui parle beaucoup, qui parle trop. Pluriel de parleur.

Same sound, different letters: parleur vs parleurs

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.

7 ch
parleur
8 ch
parleurs

Homophone desk: parleur vs parleurs

This is the hard kind. parleur and parleurs are pronounced identically (\paʁ.lœʁ\) 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) - “parleur” sits inside “parleurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40150, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

parleur is recorded at frequency rank #17,785, classified as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.lœʁ\. parleurs is at rank #22,365, tagged as anoun, pronounced \paʁ.lœʁ\.

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 40150, this pair ranks #242,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of parleur vs parleurs

Shared letters: aelpru. Private to "parleur": -. Private to "parleurs": s.

"parleur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "parleurs" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • parleuraprleur · palreur · parelur · parleru · parleurr · parlleur · parluer · parrleur
  • parleursaprleurs · palreurs · parelurs · parlerus · parleurrs · parleurss · parleusr · parlleurs

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "parleur" and "parleurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\paʁ.lœʁ\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "parleur" vs "parleurs" - which ranks higher?
"parleur" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,785 in our French list, against #22,365 for "parleurs". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"parleur" and "parleurs" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "parleur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "parleurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #242,662 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "parleur" and "parleurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parlers vs parleurs". 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 #242,662 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