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french-sound-words

sound stringclasses 37 values	sound_type stringclasses 4 values	word stringlengths 2 12	word_ipa stringlengths 2 10	position int64 1 30
i	oral vowel	suis	syi	1
i	oral vowel	oui	wi	2
i	oral vowel	ils	il	3
i	oral vowel	ici	isi	4
i	oral vowel	dit	di	5
i	oral vowel	lui	lyi	6
i	oral vowel	rien	ʁiɛ̃	7
i	oral vowel	dire	diʁ	8
i	oral vowel	merci	mɛʁsi	9
i	oral vowel	aussi	osi	10
i	oral vowel	vie	vi	11
i	oral vowel	depuis	dəpyi	12
i	oral vowel	dis	di	13
i	oral vowel	fille	fij	14
i	oral vowel	petit	pəti	15
i	oral vowel	nuit	nyi	16
i	oral vowel	arrive	aʁiv	17
i	oral vowel	fils	fil	18
i	oral vowel	famille	famij	19
i	oral vowel	pris	pʁi	20
i	oral vowel	partir	paʁtiʁ	21
i	oral vowel	vite	vit	22
i	oral vowel	idée	ide	23
i	oral vowel	venir	vəniʁ	24
i	oral vowel	ami	ami	25
i	oral vowel	puis	pyi	26
i	oral vowel	sortir	sɔʁtiʁ	27
i	oral vowel	amis	ami	28
i	oral vowel	fini	fini	29
i	oral vowel	histoire	istwaʁ	30
y	oral vowel	tu	ty	1
y	oral vowel	suis	syi	2
y	oral vowel	plus	ply	3
y	oral vowel	sur	syʁ	4
y	oral vowel	lui	lyi	5
y	oral vowel	juste	ʒyst	6
y	oral vowel	vu	vy	7
y	oral vowel	sûr	syʁ	8
y	oral vowel	depuis	dəpyi	9
y	oral vowel	salut	saly	10
y	oral vowel	nuit	nyi	11
y	oral vowel	dû	dy	12
y	oral vowel	voiture	vwatyʁ	13
y	oral vowel	tuer	tye	14
y	oral vowel	puis	pyi	15
y	oral vowel	truc	tʁyk	16
y	oral vowel	super	sypɛʁ	17
y	oral vowel	entendu	ɑ̃tɑ̃dy	18
y	oral vowel	tué	tye	19
y	oral vowel	aucune	okyn	20
y	oral vowel	putain	pytɛ̃	21
y	oral vowel	perdu	pɛʁdy	22
y	oral vowel	venu	vəny	23
y	oral vowel	suite	syit	24
y	oral vowel	minutes	minyt	25
y	oral vowel	plutôt	plyto	26
y	oral vowel	bureau	byʁo	27
y	oral vowel	celui	səlyi	28
y	oral vowel	dessus	dəsy	29
y	oral vowel	dur	dyʁ	30
u	oral vowel	vous	vu	1
u	oral vowel	pour	puʁ	2
u	oral vowel	nous	nu	3
u	oral vowel	tout	tu	4
u	oral vowel	pourquoi	puʁkwa	5
u	oral vowel	tous	tus	6
u	oral vowel	toujours	tuʒuʁ	7
u	oral vowel	beaucoup	boku	8
u	oral vowel	toute	tut	9
u	oral vowel	jour	ʒuʁ	10
u	oral vowel	bonjour	bɔ̃ʒuʁ	11
u	oral vowel	voulais	vulɛ	12
u	oral vowel	voulez	vule	13
u	oral vowel	trouvé	tʁuve	14
u	oral vowel	pourrait	puʁɛ	15
u	oral vowel	jours	ʒuʁ	16
u	oral vowel	pouvez	puve	17
u	oral vowel	coup	ku	18
u	oral vowel	nouveau	nuvo	19
u	oral vowel	amour	amuʁ	20
u	oral vowel	sous	su	21
u	oral vowel	écoute	ekut	22
u	oral vowel	pouvoir	puvwaʁ	23
u	oral vowel	boulot	bulo	24
u	oral vowel	mourir	muʁiʁ	25
u	oral vowel	journée	ʒuʁne	26
u	oral vowel	fou	fu	27
u	oral vowel	souviens	suvjɛ̃	28
u	oral vowel	cours	kuʁ	29
u	oral vowel	retour	ʁətuʁ	30
e	oral vowel	était	etɛ	1
e	oral vowel	avez	ave	2
e	oral vowel	été	ete	3
e	oral vowel	allez	ale	4
e	oral vowel	aller	ale	5
e	oral vowel	étais	etɛ	6
e	oral vowel	parler	paʁle	7
e	oral vowel	chez	ʃe	8
e	oral vowel	déjà	deʒa	9
e	oral vowel	désolé	dezole	10

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Parle French Sound Words

The 37 sounds of French, each with up to 30 everyday example words and their IPA transcription: 1,088 words in total. This is the word list behind the sound lessons in Parle, the French pronunciation app, where learners practise each sound with packs of these words, hearing them and recording themselves.

12 oral vowels: i y u e ø o ɛ œ ɔ ə a ɑ
4 nasal vowels: ɛ̃ œ̃ ɑ̃ ɔ̃
18 consonants: p b t d k ɡ f v s z ʃ ʒ m n ɲ ŋ l ʁ
3 semi-vowels: j ɥ w

Configurations

sound_words (default) has 1,088 rows:

Field	Description	Example
`sound`	target French sound (IPA)	`y`
`sound_type`	`oral vowel`, `nasal vowel`, `consonant` or `semi-vowel`	`oral vowel`
`word`	French word containing the sound	`tu`
`word_ipa`	full IPA transcription of the word	`ty`
`position`	order of the word in Parle's list for that sound	`1`

sounds has 37 rows, one per sound: sound, sound_type, word_count, examples (first 5 words).

Most sounds have 30 words; the rare sounds œ̃ (15) and ŋ (23) have fewer.

from datasets import load_dataset

words = load_dataset("Parle-App/french-sound-words", split="train")
nasal = words.filter(lambda r: r["sound"] == "ɑ̃")
print(nasal[:5]["word"], nasal[:5]["word_ipa"])

Notes

Transcriptions follow standard European French. Canadian French differs for some vowels.
No audio is included. You can hear and practise every word in the Parle app.

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