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So for what I knew the "potential form" of the verbs are for example:

話せる for 話す, a godan verb.

見られる for 見る, an ichidan verb.

But then I find this form for the ichidan verbs that seems to mean the same as
the potential form:

見れる、食べれる... etc.

So I'm puzzled, what is the difference between these two?
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What's is the difference between these two forms?
This phenomenon is called ら抜き ("omitting ら"). The two forms mean exactly the
same.

Grammatically, ichidan verbs like 食べる have a potential form 食べられる instead of
食べれる, as you already know. But in recent times, people (especially young) have
started saying 食べれる anyway despite its ungrammatical status.

Removing ら only works for potential, not passive. Without ら抜き, 食べられる could
mean either "be able to eat" or "be eaten", whereas 食べれる can only mean "be
able to eat". Thus, ら抜き can actually even help to disambiguate.
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