Which to use
“emploi” is a noun and “employé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #567
- “emploi” frequency rank
- #2,713
- “employé” frequency rank
- 3280
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emploi | employé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Usage qu’on fait de quelque chose. | Qui est en usage, utilisé. |
Where the eye mixes emploi and employé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. emploi runs 6 letters (VCCCVV) against employé's 7 (VCCCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses emploi with employé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: emploi is \ɑ̃.plwa\ while employé is \ɑ̃.plwa.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3280, 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\. employé is at rank #2,713, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.plwa.je\.
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 3280, this pair ranks #434,407 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of emploi vs employé
Shared letters: elmop. Private to "emploi": i. Private to "employé": yé.
"emploi" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVV · "employé" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- emploi ← emlpoi · emmploi · emplio · emplloi · empoli · empploi · epmloi · meploi
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "emploi" for "employé" ever safe?
Which is more common, "emploi" or "employé"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "emploi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "employé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #434,407 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emploi" and "employé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "employé vs employez". 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 #434,407 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.