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.
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?
Frequency check: "salarié" vs "salariées" - which ranks higher?
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.