Which to use
“employé” is an adjective and “employée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,713
- “employé” frequency rank
- #7,821
- “employée” frequency rank
- 10534
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | employé | employée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est en usage, utilisé. | Celle qui est rétribuée pour produire un travail au sein d’une entreprise ou d’une administration. |
Same sound, different letters: employé vs employée
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. employé runs 7 letters (VCCCVVV) against employée's 8 (VCCCVVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: employé vs employée
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: employé and employée carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.plwa.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “employé” sits inside “employée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10534, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
employé is recorded at frequency rank #2,713, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.plwa.je\. employée is at rank #7,821, tagged as anoun, 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 10534, this pair ranks #412,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of employé vs employée
Shared letters: elmopyé. Private to "employé": -. Private to "employée": -.
"employé" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV · "employée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "employé" and "employée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "employé" vs "employée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "employé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "employée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #412,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "employé" and "employée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "employée vs employez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #412,625 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.