Which to use
“employée” is a noun and “employés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,821
- “employée” frequency rank
- #1,701
- “employés” frequency rank
- 9522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | employée | employés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est rétribuée pour produire un travail au sein d’une entreprise ou d’une administration. | Masculin pluriel de employé. |
Same sound, different letters: employée vs employés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. employée (VCCCVVVV) and employés (VCCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: employée vs employés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: employée and employés 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 a single letter - e in “employée” becomes s in “employés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9522, 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\. employés is at rank #1,701, 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 9522, this pair ranks #416,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of employée vs employés
Shared letters: elmopyé. Private to "employée": -. Private to "employés": s.
"employée" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVV · "employés" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "employée" and "employés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "employée" or "employés"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "employée" / "employés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "employée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "employés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #416,339 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "employée" and "employés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "employée vs employez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #416,339 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.