Which to use
“travailla” is a verb and “travaillé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,380
- “travailla” frequency rank
- #2,253
- “travaillé” frequency rank
- 30633
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travailla | travaillé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de travailler. | Auquel on a accordé beaucoup de temps, d'intérêt. |
Where the eye mixes travailla and travaillé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. travailla and travaillé follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between travailla and travaillé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: travailla is \tʁa.va.ja\ while travaillé is \tʁa.va.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “travailla” becomes é in “travaillé”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30633, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
travailla is recorded at frequency rank #28,380, classified as averb, pronounced \tʁa.va.ja\. travaillé is at rank #2,253, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tʁa.va.je\.
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 30633, this pair ranks #308,972 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travailla vs travaillé
Shared letters: ailrtv. Private to "travailla": -. Private to "travaillé": é.
"travailla" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCCV · "travaillé" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- travailla ← rtavailla · tarvailla · traavilla · travaila · travailal · travalila · travialla · travvailla
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "travailla" and "travaillé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "travailla" vs "travaillé" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "travailla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "travaillé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #308,972 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travailla" and "travaillé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "travailla vs travaillée". 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 #308,972 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.