Which to use
“travailla” and “travaillez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #28,380
- “travailla” frequency rank
- #16,253
- “travaillez” frequency rank
- 44633
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travailla | travaillez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de travailler. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de travailler. |
Where the eye mixes travailla and travaillez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. travailla runs 9 letters (CCVCVVCCV) against travaillez's 10 (CCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between travailla and travaillez
A purely visual mix-up. travailla (\tʁa.va.ja\) and travaillez (\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 44633, 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\. travaillez is at rank #16,253, 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 44633, this pair ranks #208,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travailla vs travaillez
Shared letters: ailrtv. Private to "travailla": -. Private to "travaillez": ez.
"travailla" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCCV · "travaillez" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travailla ← rtavailla · tarvailla · traavilla · travaila · travailal · travalila · travialla · travvailla
- travaillez ← rtavaillez · tarvaillez · traavillez · travailelz · travailez · travaillezz · travaillze · travalilez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "travailla" and "travaillez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "travailla" or "travaillez"?
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 "travaillez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #208,987 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travailla" and "travaillez" 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 #208,987 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.