Which to use
“employé” is an adjective and “employez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,713
- “employé” frequency rank
- #48,490
- “employez” frequency rank
- 51203
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | employé | employez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est en usage, utilisé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de employer. |
Same sound, different letters: employé vs employez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. employé runs 7 letters (VCCCVVV) against employez's 8 (VCCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: employé vs employez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: employé and employez carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.plwa.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51203, 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\. employez is at rank #48,490, tagged as averb, 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 51203, this pair ranks #156,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of employé vs employez
Shared letters: elmopy. Private to "employé": é. Private to "employez": z.
"employé" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVV · "employez" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- employez ← emlpoyez · emmployez · emplloyez · emploeyz · employezz · employyez · employze · emplyoez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "employé" for "employez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "employé" vs "employez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"employé" and "employez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "employé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "employez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #156,800 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "employé" and "employez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "employées 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 #156,800 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.