Which to use
“employée” is a noun and “employer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,821
- “employée” frequency rank
- #8,700
- “employer” frequency rank
- 16521
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | employée | employer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est rétribuée pour produire un travail au sein d’une entreprise ou d’une administration. | Utiliser ; user ; se servir de. |
Same sound, different letters: employée vs employer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. employée (VCCCVVVV) and employer (VCCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - employée and employer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: employée and employer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.plwa.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16521, 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\. employer is at rank #8,700, 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 16521, this pair ranks #387,454 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of employée vs employer
Shared letters: elmopy. Private to "employée": é. Private to "employer": r.
"employée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVV · "employer" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- employer ← emlpoyer · emmployer · emplloyer · emploeyr · employerr · employre · employyer · emplyoer
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "employée" and "employer" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "employée" or "employer"?
Useful next steps
"employée" and "employer" 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 "employer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,454 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "employée" and "employer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "employer 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 #387,454 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.