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Answer: Parallel routes render multiple pages in the same layout via @folder slots. Intercepting routes show another route inside the current layout.

See also

• nextjs-layouts-and-pages
• nextjs-route-groups

Claims

• id: C1 claim: Parallel routes render multiple pages in one layout. source: S1 evidence: "simultaneously or conditionally render one or more pages within the same layout."

• id: C2 claim: Slots use the @folder convention. source: S1 evidence: "Slots are defined with the @folder convention."

• id: C3 claim: Intercepting routes load another route in the current layout. source: S2 evidence: "load a route from another part of your application within"

• id: C4 claim: Intercepting uses relative conventions like (..). source: S2 evidence: "Intercepting routes can be defined with the (..) convention,"

Sources

• [S1] Parallel routes. Next.js docs. https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/file-conventions/parallel-routes . License: MIT (vercel/next.js). Accessed 2026-11-09.

• [S2] Intercepting routes. Next.js docs. https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/file-conventions/intercepting-routes . License: MIT (vercel/next.js). Accessed 2026-11-09.

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