Which to use
“employées” is an adjective and “employer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,029
- “employées” frequency rank
- #8,700
- “employer” frequency rank
- 22729
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | employées | employer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de employé. | Utiliser ; user ; se servir de. |
Same sound, different letters: employées vs employer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. employées runs 9 letters (VCCCVVVVC) against employer's 8 (VCCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - employées and employer
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: employées and employer 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 22729, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
employées is recorded at frequency rank #14,029, classified as anadj, 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 22729, this pair ranks #356,463 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of employées vs employer
Shared letters: elmopy. Private to "employées": sé. Private to "employer": r.
"employées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVVVC · "employer" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- employer ← emlpoyer · emmployer · emplloyer · emploeyr · employerr · employre · employyer · emplyoer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "employées" and "employer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "employées" or "employer" show up more?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "employées" / "employer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "employées" 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 #356,463 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "employées" and "employer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "employées vs employons". 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 #356,463 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.