I'm a native French speaker and French spelling is very irregular. There are tons of unspoken letters and the accents make it even more complex, especially the "accent circonflexe" (^) which is usually silent.

Some examples:

- temps (time): the "p" and "s" are completely silent

- oignon (onion): pronounced as "ognon" (the "i" is silent)

- asseoir (sit down): pronounced as "assoir" (the "e" is silent)

- poids (weight): the "d" and "s" are silent. "poi" (pea) is also a word.

- most words ending on "ou" take an "s" in plural, e.g. "verrou" becomes "verrous", except for certain words like "hibou", which becomes "hiboux" in plural.

- the noun "dépôt" takes the "^" accent, yet its derived verb "déposer" does not.

Well I guess this is anecdotal evidende. I speak both fluently and find French way more irregular. I've never heard someone saying that French is consistent. You're perhaps thinking of spanish? People usually talk about German when they think of consistency.

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