Which to use
“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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "parleur" and "parleurs" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "parleur" vs "parleurs" - which ranks higher?
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.