fyrebeest

[spice shuttle]

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[chrome finch]

@dense eagle No not really, when there’s two consonants before the e it takes è sound but never takes the accent.
Ex : dessin, terre.

[winged siren]

Tu en es sûr ? Larousse a cette conjugaison pour « ruisseler »

[tawny fern]

Correct, cela vient d'une réforme de l'orthographe datant de 1990: https://www.espacefrancais.com/les-rectifications-de-1990-les-verbes-en-eler-et-eter/
avant cela, la règle était de doubler la consonne, sauf pour une liste spécifique de verbes (dont ruisseler ne faisait pas partie) qui eux changeaient juste le e en è.
Avec la réforme, ces exceptions sont devenues la règle et les seules exceptions restantes sont appeler, jeter et les verbes de leur famille.

[velvet plinth]

A number of verbs ending in -eCer where C is a single consonant have an alternation between a schwa and an è sound: this alternation is mostly represented by adding an accent on the stem's e turning it into è (mener, acheter etc.), but for a handful of verbs it is done by doubling the consonant instead (appeler, jeter etc.)

[chrome finch]

Oups my bad alors ! @tawny fern a trouvé la réforme qui parle de ça :))

[dense eagle]

wasn't there a reform in 1990 that allowed for all double consonants to be spelled as if it was like "acheter"