On French grave accents

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On French grave accents

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Are there any words in French besides à and in which leaving off the grave accent would create a different word? In other words, are there any pairs of words which differ solely by the presence of a grave accent?
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Re: On French grave accents

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ça vs çà
congres vs congrès
des vs dès
es vs ès
la vs

Seems like I should be able to think of some personal names but I can't.

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Re: On French grave accents

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voilà / voila (< voiler)
revoilà / revoila (< revoiler)
lès / les
florès / flores

Close:
holà / (Spanish) hola
après / âpres
guère / guerre
ère / erre
près / prés
Chances are it's Ryukyuan (Resources).

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('where') vs. ou ('or'), obviously.
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Basilius wrote: ('where') vs. ou ('or'), obviously.
araceli wrote:Are there any words in French besides à and in which leaving off the grave accent would create a different word?

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Yes, I was stupid.

I understand, is the only word which uses ù?
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Basilius wrote:I understand, is the only word which uses ù?
According to what I've read, yes.

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And ù gets its very own place on French keyboards thanks to just that one word. It's actually easier to type ù than it is to type a full stop.

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Vive la France, vive les claviers AZERTY !

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