Which to use
“employées” and “employés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,029
- “employées” frequency rank
- #1,701
- “employés” frequency rank
- 15730
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | employées | employés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de employé. | Masculin pluriel de employé. |
Same sound, different letters: employées vs employés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. employées runs 9 letters (VCCCVVVVC) against employés's 8 (VCCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - employées / employés
This is the hard kind. employées and employés are pronounced identically (\ɑ̃.plwa.je\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15730, 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\. 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 15730, this pair ranks #391,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of employées vs employés
Shared letters: elmopsyé. Private to "employées": -. Private to "employés": -.
"employées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVVVC · "employés" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "employées" and "employés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "employées" or "employés"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "employées" 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 #391,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "employées" and "employés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "employées vs employons". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #391,077 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.