Which to use
“emploient” is a verb and “emplois” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,919
- “emploient” frequency rank
- #2,039
- “emplois” frequency rank
- 16958
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emploient | emplois |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de employer. | Pluriel de emploi. |
Same sound, different letters: emploient vs emplois
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. emploient runs 9 letters (VCCCVVVCC) against emplois's 7 (VCCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: emploient vs emplois
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: emploient 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16958, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emploient is recorded at frequency rank #14,919, 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 16958, this pair ranks #385,468 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of emploient vs emplois
Shared letters: eilmop. Private to "emploient": nt. Private to "emplois": s.
"emploient" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVVCC · "emplois" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "emploient" for "emplois" ever safe?
Frequency check: "emploient" vs "emplois" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"emploient" and "emplois" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "emploient" 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 #385,468 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emploient" and "emplois" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "emploient vs explorent". 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 #385,468 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.