salarialesvssalariésTell them apart

Which to use

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

#20,276
“salariales” frequency rank
#2,338
“salariés” frequency rank
22614
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature salariales salariés
Definition Féminin pluriel de salarial. Masculin pluriel de salarié.

Where the eye mixes salariales and salariés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. salariales runs 10 letters (CVCVCVVCVC) against salariés's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
salariales
8 ch
salariés

Visual trap between salariales and salariés

A purely visual mix-up. salariales (\sa.la.ʁjal\) and salariés (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22614, 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\. salariés is at rank #2,338, 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 22614, this pair ranks #357,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of salariales vs salariés

Shared letters: ailrs. Private to "salariales": e. Private to "salariés": é.

"salariales" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVVCVC  ·  "salariés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "salariales" for "salariés" ever safe?
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.
In ordinary French text, does "salariales" or "salariés" show up more?
"salariés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,338 in our French list, against #20,276 for "salariales". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "salariales" and "salariés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "salariales" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "salariés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #357,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "salariales" and "salariés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salariales 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 #357,043 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