Which to use
“employées” is an adjective and “employons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,029
- “employées” frequency rank
- #49,060
- “employons” frequency rank
- 63089
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | employées | employons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de employé. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de employer. |
Where the eye mixes employées and employons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. employées (VCCCVVVVC) and employons (VCCCVVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses employées with employons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: employées is \ɑ̃.plwa.je\ while employons is \ɑ̃.plwa.jɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63089, 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\. employons is at rank #49,060, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.plwa.jɔ̃\.
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 63089, this pair ranks #83,774 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of employées vs employons
Shared letters: elmopsy. Private to "employées": é. Private to "employons": n.
"employées" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVVVC · "employons" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- employons ← emlpoyons · emmployons · emplloyons · emplooyns · employnos · employonns · employonss · employosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "employées" and "employons" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "employées" vs "employons" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "employées" and "employons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "employées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "employons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83,774 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "employées" and "employons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "employant 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 #83,774 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.