Which to use
“empleador” is a noun and “empleados” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,372
- “empleador” frequency rank
- #1,602
- “empleados” frequency rank
- 13974
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | empleador | empleados |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | En un contrato de trabajo, la parte que provee un puesto de trabajo a una persona física para que preste un servicio personal bajo su dependencia, a cambio del pago de una remuneración o salario. | Forma del plural de empleado, participio de emplear o de emplearse. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set empleador and empleados apart are highlighted. They share 8 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
empleador and empleados form a confusable pair in the Spanish index, two distinct headwords that are easily confused because they look alike, sound alike, or both. They differ by a single letter - r in “empleador” becomes s in “empleados” - close enough that the eye skips over the difference, far enough that meaning fully diverges. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13974, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
empleador is recorded at frequency rank #12,372, classified as anoun, pronounced [ẽmpleaˈð̞oɾ]. empleados is at rank #1,602, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ẽmpleˈað̞os].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 13974, this pair ranks #285,864 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering empleador vs empleados
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “empleador”; for a participle, it's “empleados”.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “empleador” entry
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