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“salariées” and “salariés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,526
- “salariées” frequency rank
- #2,338
- “salariés” frequency rank
- 41864
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | salariées | salariés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de salarié. | Masculin pluriel de salarié. |
Same sound, different letters: salariées vs salariés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. salariées runs 9 letters (CVCVCVVVC) against salariés's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - salariées / salariés
This is the hard kind. salariées and salariés 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41864, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
salariées is recorded at frequency rank #39,526, classified as anadj, pronounced \sa.la.ʁje\. 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 41864, this pair ranks #229,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of salariées vs salariés
Shared letters: ailrsé. Private to "salariées": e. Private to "salariés": -.
"salariées" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVVC · "salariés" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "salariées" / "salariés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "salariées" 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 #229,937 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "salariées" and "salariés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salariée vs salariées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #229,937 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.