Which to use
“employée” is a noun and “employées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,821
- “employée” frequency rank
- #14,029
- “employées” frequency rank
- 21850
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | employée | employées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est rétribuée pour produire un travail au sein d’une entreprise ou d’une administration. | Féminin pluriel de employé. |
Same sound, different letters: employée vs employées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. employée runs 8 letters (VCCCVVVV) against employées's 9 (VCCCVVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - employée / employées
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: employée and employées carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.plwa.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “employée” sits inside “employées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21850, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
employée is recorded at frequency rank #7,821, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.plwa.je\. employées is at rank #14,029, 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 21850, this pair ranks #361,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of employée vs employées
Shared letters: elmopyé. Private to "employée": -. Private to "employées": s.
"employée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVV · "employées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "employée" and "employées" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "employée" vs "employées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"employée" and "employées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "employée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "employées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #361,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "employée" and "employées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "employées vs employons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #361,110 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.