Which to use
“travaillé” is an adjective and “travailler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,253
- “travaillé” frequency rank
- #780
- “travailler” frequency rank
- 3033
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travaillé | travailler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Auquel on a accordé beaucoup de temps, d'intérêt. | Tourmenter ; soumettre à une gêne ; causer de la peine ; torturer psychologiquement. |
Same sound, different letters: travaillé vs travailler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. travaillé 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.
Homophone desk: travaillé vs travailler
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: travaillé and travailler carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁa.va.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3033, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
travaillé is recorded at frequency rank #2,253, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁa.va.je\. 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 3033, this pair ranks #434,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of travaillé vs travailler
Shared letters: ailrtv. Private to "travaillé": é. Private to "travailler": e.
"travaillé" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCCV · "travailler" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travailler ← rtavailler · tarvailler · traaviller · travailelr · travailer · travaillerr · travaillre · travaliler
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "travaillé" for "travailler" ever safe?
Frequency check: "travaillé" vs "travailler" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "travaillé" / "travailler". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "travaillé" 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 #434,946 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travaillé" and "travailler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "travailla vs travaillé". 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 #434,946 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.