Which to use
“travailla” and “travailler” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,380
- “travailla” frequency rank
- #780
- “travailler” frequency rank
- 29160
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travailla | travailler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de travailler. | Tourmenter ; soumettre à une gêne ; causer de la peine ; torturer psychologiquement. |
Where the eye mixes travailla and travailler
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. travailla runs 9 letters (CCVCVVCCV) against travailler's 10 (CCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: travailla vs travailler
A purely visual mix-up. travailla (\tʁa.va.ja\) and travailler (\tʁa.va.je\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29160, 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\. travailler is at rank #780, tagged as averb, 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 29160, this pair ranks #318,395 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travailla vs travailler
Shared letters: ailrtv. Private to "travailla": -. Private to "travailler": e.
"travailla" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCCV · "travailler" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travailla ← rtavailla · tarvailla · traavilla · travaila · travailal · travalila · travialla · travvailla
- travailler ← rtavailler · tarvailler · traaviller · travailelr · travailer · travaillerr · travaillre · travaliler
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "travailla" and "travailler" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "travailla" or "travailler" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "travailla" and "travailler" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "travailla" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "travailler" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #318,395 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travailla" and "travailler" 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 #318,395 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.