# empleada vs empleando

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### empleada
*participle · IPA [ẽmpleˈað̞a] · frequency rank #7,851*
Forma del femenino de empleado, participio de emplear o de emplearse.

### empleando
*verb · IPA [ẽmpleˈãn̪d̪o] · frequency rank #14,583*
Gerundio de emplear.

## Source
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