Which to use
“embauchée” and “embaucher” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,369
- “embauchée” frequency rank
- #11,401
- “embaucher” frequency rank
- 47770
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | embauchée | embaucher |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de embaucher. | Engager un salarié, passer avec lui un contrat de travail. |
Same sound, different letters: embauchée vs embaucher
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. embauchée (VCCVVCCVV) and embaucher (VCCVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - embauchée / embaucher
This is the hard kind. embauchée and embaucher are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.bo.ʃe\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47770, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
embauchée is recorded at frequency rank #36,369, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.bo.ʃe\. embaucher is at rank #11,401, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.bo.ʃe\.
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 47770, this pair ranks #184,280 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of embauchée vs embaucher
Shared letters: abcehmu. Private to "embauchée": é. Private to "embaucher": r.
"embauchée" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVV · "embaucher" · 9 letters · shape VCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- embaucher ← ebmaucher · emabucher · embacuher · embauccher · embaucehr · embaucherr · embauchher · embauchre
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "embauchée" and "embaucher" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "embauchée" or "embaucher"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "embauchée" / "embaucher". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "embauchée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "embaucher" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #184,280 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "embauchée" and "embaucher" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "embauchée vs embauchent". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #184,280 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.