Which to use
“salaire” and “salariée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,150
- “salaire” frequency rank
- #26,867
- “salariée” frequency rank
- 29017
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | salaire | salariée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Rémunération pour un travail. | Femme salariée. |
Where the eye mixes salaire and salariée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between salaire and salariée
A purely visual mix-up. salaire (\sa.lɛʁ\) and salariée (\sa.la.ʁje\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29017, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
salaire is recorded at frequency rank #2,150, classified as anoun, pronounced \sa.lɛʁ\. salariée is at rank #26,867, tagged as anoun, pronounced \sa.la.ʁje\.
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 29017, this pair ranks #319,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of salaire vs salariée
Shared letters: aeilrs. Private to "salaire": -. Private to "salariée": é.
"salaire" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCV · "salariée" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- salaire ← aslaire · saalire · salaier · salairre · salarie · saliare · sallaire · slaaire
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "salaire" for "salariée" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "salaire" or "salariée" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "salaire" and "salariée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "salaire" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "salariée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #319,251 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "salaire" and "salariée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salariée vs salariées". 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 #319,251 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.