Which to use
“employées” is an adjective and “employez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,029
- “employées” frequency rank
- #48,490
- “employez” frequency rank
- 62519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | employées | employez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de employé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de employer. |
Same sound, different letters: employées vs employez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. employées runs 9 letters (VCCCVVVVC) against employez's 8 (VCCCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - employées / employez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: employées and employez 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 62519, 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\. employez is at rank #48,490, 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 62519, this pair ranks #86,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of employées vs employez
Shared letters: elmopy. Private to "employées": sé. Private to "employez": z.
"employées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVVVC · "employez" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- employez ← emlpoyez · emmployez · emplloyez · emploeyz · employezz · employyez · employze · emplyoez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "employées" and "employez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "employées" vs "employez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"employées" and "employez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "employées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "employez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #86,660 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "employées" and "employez" 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 #86,660 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.