TonePerfect for French
Practice any French text
Paste a word, a line from a page, or the sentence you just read. Say it once and the engine scores every word and every sound — free, in your browser.
- Any French text up to 120 characters
- A score per word and per sound, with the weakest one named
- No account — your browser records, our engine listens
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How it works
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Paste your text
A word, a phrase or a sentence in French — typed, pasted, or sent here by the Chrome extension from any page.
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Say it once
Tap the mic and read it aloud. Your browser records; the scoring engine listens in seconds.
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See every sound
Each word and each sound comes back with a score out of 100, and the weakest sound is named so you know what to fix.
Scoring runs on a commercial-grade speech-assessment engine that evaluates every sound in every word. French scores are relative: they rank your sounds against each other to locate your weak spots — no pass/fail bars and no invented accuracy percentages.
The sounds that decide your accent
the French 'r' sound (rouge)
The back of the tongue rises toward the soft palate — where you say 'g' — and air rubs gently past it, like a very soft gargle. The tongue tip stays down and never taps or curls as in an English 'r'.
the French 'u' sound (tu)
Say 'ee' and keep your tongue exactly there while rounding your lips into a tight circle. If it sounds like 'ou' your tongue slid back — it must stay far forward.
the 'ou' sound (vous)
Lips in a tight round circle, tongue pulled far back and high — deeper and tenser than the English 'oo' of 'food'.
the nasal 'an' sound (enfant)
Open your mouth wide as for 'ah' and send the air through your nose. Written an, en, am, em — and no 'n' is ever pronounced after it.
the nasal 'on' sound (bon)
Round your lips as for a deep 'o' and let the air flow through your nose at the same time. Your tongue must not touch anywhere — there is no 'n' consonant at the end of 'bon'.
the nasal 'in' sound (vin)
Start from the open 'è' of 'mère', keep the mouth there, and let the air pass through your nose. Written in, ain, ein, and also un/um — keep it well apart from 'an' and 'on'. Words spelled with 'un' (un, brun, parfum) use this same sound.
Scores rank your own sounds against each other so you know what to drill first. They are not an accuracy certificate and not an exam grade.
Questions
Is this free?+
Yes. You get a handful of free takes a day with no account. The TonePerfect app has unlimited practice with thousands of French words and sentences.
What can I paste?+
Any French text up to 120 characters — a single word, a phrase, or a full sentence. Text in another script is refused before recording so you never pay a take for a wrong paste.
How is the score calculated?+
The engine aligns your recording with the reference and scores each word and each sound from 0 to 100. Scores rank your own sounds against each other so you know what to drill first; they are not an accuracy certificate or an exam grade.
Can I practice text from other websites?+
Yes — paste it here, or install the French AI Pronunciation Trainer Chrome extension: select text on any page, right-click, and it opens on this page ready to record.
What happens to my recording?+
It is sent to our scoring engine and kept, with the reference text, to improve the engine. Recordings are never published or shared.
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