Which to use
“employés” is an adjective and “employons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,701
- “employés” frequency rank
- #49,060
- “employons” frequency rank
- 50761
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | employés | employons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de employé. | Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de employer. |
Where the eye mixes employés and employons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. employés runs 8 letters (VCCCVVVC) against employons's 9 (VCCCVVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: employés vs employons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: employés is \ɑ̃.plwa.je\ while employons is \ɑ̃.plwa.jɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50761, 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\. 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 50761, this pair ranks #160,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of employés vs employons
Shared letters: elmopsy. Private to "employés": é. Private to "employons": n.
"employés" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC · "employons" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- employons ← emlpoyons · emmployons · emplloyons · emplooyns · employnos · employonns · employonss · employosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "employés" and "employons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "employés" or "employons" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "employés" 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 #160,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "employés" 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 #160,194 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.