Which to use
“employés” is an adjective and “employez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,701
- “employés” frequency rank
- #48,490
- “employez” frequency rank
- 50191
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | employés | employez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de employé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de employer. |
Same sound, different letters: employés vs employez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. employés and employez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - employés and employez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: employés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50191, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
employés is recorded at frequency rank #1,701, 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 50191, this pair ranks #164,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of employés vs employez
Shared letters: elmopy. Private to "employés": sé. Private to "employez": z.
"employés" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC · "employez" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- employez ← emlpoyez · emmployez · emplloyez · emploeyz · employezz · employyez · employze · emplyoez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "employés" and "employez" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "employés" or "employez" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "employés" / "employez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "employés" 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 #164,581 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "employés" and "employez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "employées vs employez". 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 #164,581 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.