salarialesvssalariéesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“salariales” and “salariées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,276
“salariales” frequency rank
#39,526
“salariées” frequency rank
59802
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature salariales salariées
Definition Féminin pluriel de salarial. Féminin pluriel de salarié.

Where the eye mixes salariales and salariées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. salariales runs 10 letters (CVCVCVVCVC) against salariées's 9 (CVCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
salariales
9 ch
salariées

Visual trap between salariales and salariées

A purely visual mix-up. salariales (\sa.la.ʁjal\) and salariées (\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 59802, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

salariales is recorded at frequency rank #20,276, classified as anadj, pronounced \sa.la.ʁjal\. salariées is at rank #39,526, tagged as anadj, 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 59802, this pair ranks #101,109 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of salariales vs salariées

Shared letters: aeilrs. Private to "salariales": -. Private to "salariées": é.

"salariales" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC  ·  "salariées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • salariales ← aslariales · saalriales · salairales · salarailes · salariaels · salarialess · salarialles · salarialse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "salariales" and "salariées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\sa.la.ʁjal\ versus \sa.la.ʁje\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "salariales" vs "salariées" - which ranks higher?
"salariales" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,276 in our French list, against #39,526 for "salariées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "salariales" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "salariées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #101,109 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "salariales" and "salariées" 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 #101,109 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list