Which to use
“travailla” and “travaillera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,380
- “travailla” frequency rank
- #23,716
- “travaillera” frequency rank
- 52096
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travailla | travaillera |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de travailler. | Troisième personne du singulier du futur de travailler. |
Where the eye mixes travailla and travaillera
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. travailla runs 9 letters (CCVCVVCCV) against travaillera's 11 (CCVCVVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: travailla vs travaillera
A purely visual mix-up. travailla (\tʁa.va.ja\) and travaillera (\tʁa.va.jə.ʁa\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52096, 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\. travaillera is at rank #23,716, tagged as averb, pronounced \tʁa.va.jə.ʁa\.
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 52096, this pair ranks #150,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travailla vs travaillera
Shared letters: ailrtv. Private to "travailla": -. Private to "travaillera": e.
"travailla" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCCV · "travaillera" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- travailla ← rtavailla · tarvailla · traavilla · travaila · travailal · travalila · travialla · travvailla
- travaillera ← rtavaillera · tarvaillera · traavillera · travailelra · travailera · travaillear · travaillerra · travaillrea
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "travailla" and "travaillera" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "travailla" vs "travaillera" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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 "travaillera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #150,209 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travailla" and "travaillera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "travaillera vs travaillerait". 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 #150,209 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.