employer

/\ɑ̃.plwa.je\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,700

in French word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

employer is aFrenchverb. It means: Utiliser ; user ; se servir de. Pronounced \ɑ̃.plwa.je\. It ranks #8,700 in French word frequency. Often confused with employés and explorer.

Key facts for employer
PropertyValue
Headwordemployer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɑ̃.plwa.je\
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,700
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of employer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for employer is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɑ̃.plwa.je\. Corpus data places it at rank #8,700 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for employer, with forms such as "emlpoyer", "emmployer", and "emplloyer". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "employés", "explorer", "exploser", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is employer, spelled E-M-P-L-O-Y-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Utiliser ; user ; se servir de.
  2. 2
    S’en servir en parlant ou en écrivant, en parlant d'une phrase, d'un mot ou d'une locution.
  3. 3
    Pourvoir d’une occupation ou d’un travail pour son usage ou pour son profit.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: emlpoyer,emmployer,emplloyer,emploeyr,employerr,employre,employyer,emplyoer,empolyer,empployer,epmloyer,meployer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for employer

Misspelling Variants of "employer"

emlpoyer8emmployer9emplloyer9emploeyr8employerr9employre8employyer9emplyoer8
Misspelling Variants of "employer"

Frequency rank: #8,700 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "employer"?
"employer" is spelled E-M-P-L-O-Y-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɑ̃.plwa.je\.
What does "employer" mean?
As a verb, "employer" means: Utiliser ; user ; se servir de.
What words are commonly confused with "employer"?
"employer" is commonly confused with "employés", "explorer", "exploser". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "employer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "employer" is \ɑ̃.plwa.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "employer" come from?
"employer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.