Which to use
“emploi” and “emplois” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #567
- “emploi” frequency rank
- #2,039
- “emplois” frequency rank
- 2606
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emploi | emplois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Usage qu’on fait de quelque chose. | Pluriel de emploi. |
Same sound, different letters: emploi vs emplois
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. emploi runs 6 letters (VCCCVV) against emplois's 7 (VCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - emploi and emplois
This is the hard kind. emploi and emplois are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.plwa\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “emploi” sits inside “emplois”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 2606, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emploi is recorded at frequency rank #567, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.plwa\. emplois is at rank #2,039, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.plwa\.
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 2606, this pair ranks #435,816 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of emploi vs emplois
Shared letters: eilmop. Private to "emploi": -. Private to "emplois": s.
"emploi" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVV · "emplois" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "emploi" and "emplois" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "emploi" or "emplois"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "emploi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "emplois" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,816 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emploi" and "emplois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emplit vs emplois". 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 #435,816 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.