Which to use
“emplois” is a noun and “employé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,039
- “emplois” frequency rank
- #2,713
- “employé” frequency rank
- 4752
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | emplois | employé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de emploi. | Qui est en usage, utilisé. |
Where the eye mixes emplois and employé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between emplois and employé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: emplois is \ɑ̃.plwa\ while employé is \ɑ̃.plwa.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4752, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
emplois is recorded at frequency rank #2,039, 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 4752, this pair ranks #430,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of emplois vs employé
Shared letters: elmop. Private to "emplois": is. Private to "employé": yé.
"emplois" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC · "employé" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- emplois ← emlpois · emmplois · emplios · empllois · emploiss · emplosi · empolis · empplois
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "emplois" for "employé" ever safe?
Frequency check: "emplois" vs "employé" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "emplois" and "employé" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "emplois" 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 #430,785 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "emplois" 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 #430,785 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.