salariévssalariéesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#5,501
“salarié” frequency rank
#39,526
“salariées” frequency rank
45027
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature salarié salariées
Definition Qui reçoit des gages, un salaire. Féminin pluriel de salarié.

Same sound, different letters: salarié vs salariées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. salarié runs 7 letters (CVCVCVV) against salariées's 9 (CVCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
salarié
9 ch
salariées

Same sound, different spelling - salarié / salariées

This is the hard kind. salarié and salariées are pronounced identically (\sa.la.ʁje\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “salarié” sits inside “salariées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45027, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

salarié is recorded at frequency rank #5,501, classified as anadj, pronounced \sa.la.ʁje\. 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 45027, this pair ranks #205,949 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of salarié vs salariées

Shared letters: ailrsé. Private to "salarié": -. Private to "salariées": e.

"salarié" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "salariées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "salarié" and "salariées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\sa.la.ʁje\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "salarié" vs "salariées" - which ranks higher?
"salarié" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,501 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.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "salarié" / "salariées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "salarié" 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 #205,949 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "salarié" and "salariées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salariée vs salariées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #205,949 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