Which to use
“employeur” is a noun and “employez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,667
- “employeur” frequency rank
- #48,490
- “employez” frequency rank
- 53157
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | employeur | employez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Personne, entreprise ou autre organisme qui emploie des salariés. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de employer. |
Where the eye mixes employeur and employez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. employeur 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.
Look-alike desk: employeur vs employez
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: employeur is \ɑ̃.plwa.jœʁ\ while employez is \ɑ̃.plwa.je\. 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 (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53157, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
employeur is recorded at frequency rank #4,667, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.plwa.jœʁ\. 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 53157, this pair ranks #142,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of employeur vs employez
Shared letters: elmopy. Private to "employeur": ru. Private to "employez": z.
"employeur" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVVVC · "employez" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "employeur" and "employez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "employeur" 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 #142,665 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "employeur" 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 #142,665 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.