法语中的accent就像中文中的音调一样不能乱标！一个符号的错误，可能会引起大歧义。下面我们来看看这些法语中的同形异音词吧～

　　French Accent Homographs

　　Think accents don't matter when writing in French? Think again!

　　You may not realize it, but French accents have a purpose. While some accents just signify that an S used to follow that vowel in Old French (e.g., étudiant used to be spelled estudiant), most French accents indicate the correct pronunciation of the letter they modify. In addition, there are dozens of French word pairs which are spelled (though not always pronounced) the same other than accents. To avoid confusion, you should always distinguish between these words by using the correct accents.*

　　a - third person singular of avoir (to have)
　　à - (preposition) to, at, in

　　acre - acre
　　âcre - (adjective) acrid, pungent

　　âge - age
　　âgé - (adjective) old

　　aie - first person singular subjunctive and second person singular imperative of avoir
　　aïe - (interjection) ouch

　　arriéré - (adjective) overdue, backward; (noun) backlog, arrears
　　arrière - back, stern, rear, aft

　　bronze - bronze object
　　bronzé - past participle of bronzer (to tan, bronze)

　　ça - (indefinite demonstrative pronoun) that, it
　　çà et là - here and there

　　colle - glue
　　collé - past participle of coller (to glue)

　　congres - eels
　　congrès - conference, congress

　　cote - quotation, quoted value, rating
　　coté - highly thought of / rated (past participle of côter)
　　côte - rib, slope, coastline
　　côté - side

　　cure - cure, treatment
　　curé - priest; past participle of curer (to clean out)

　　crêpe - crepe (thin pancake), crepe paper
　　crêpé - past participle of crêper (to backcomb, crimp)

　　de - (preposition) of, from
　　dé - thimble, die

　　des - (indefinite article, partitive article) some; contraction of de + les
　　dès - (preposition) from

　　différent - different
　　diffèrent - third person plural conjugation of différer (to differ)

　　du - contraction of de + le
　　dû - past participle of devoir (to have to)

-e vs é
　　At the end of -er verbs, the accent is the difference between the first and third person singular present tense and the past participle
　　-e - étudie, parle, visite
　　-é - étudié, parlé, visité

　　entre - (preposition) between
　　entré - past participle of entrer (to enter)

　　es - second person singular of être (to be)
　　ès - contraction of en + les

　　êtes - second person plural of être
　　étés - summers

　　eut - third person singular passé simple of avoir
　　eût - third person singular imperfect subjunctive of avoir

　　ferme - farm
　　fermé - past participle of fermer (to close)

　　fut - third person singular passé simple of être
　　fût - third person singular imperfect subjunctive of être

　　gène - gene
　　gêne - trouble, bother, embarrassment
　　gêné - (adjective) short of, embarrassed; past participle of gêner (to bother)

　　grade - rank, degree
　　gradé - officer

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