Which to use
“emploie” is a verb and “emplois” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,240
- “emploie” frequency rank
- #2,039
- “emplois” frequency rank
- 7279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emploie | emplois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de employer. | Pluriel de emploi. |
Same sound, different letters: emploie vs emplois
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. emploie (VCCCVVV) and emplois (VCCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - emploie and emplois
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: emploie and emplois carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.plwa\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “emploie” becomes s in “emplois”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emploie is recorded at frequency rank #5,240, classified as averb, 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 7279, this pair ranks #423,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of emploie vs emplois
Shared letters: eilmop. Private to "emploie": -. Private to "emplois": s.
"emploie" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV · "emplois" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "emploie" for "emplois" ever safe?
Frequency check: "emploie" vs "emplois" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "emploie" / "emplois". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "emploie" 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 #423,628 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emploie" and "emplois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emploie 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 #423,628 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.