Which to use
“travaillé” is an adjective and “travaillez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,253
- “travaillé” frequency rank
- #16,253
- “travaillez” frequency rank
- 18506
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travaillé | travaillez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Auquel on a accordé beaucoup de temps, d'intérêt. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de travailler. |
Same sound, different letters: travaillé vs travaillez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. travaillé 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.
Ear matches; page differs - travaillé and travaillez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: travaillé and travaillez 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 18506, 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\. 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 18506, this pair ranks #377,971 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of travaillé vs travaillez
Shared letters: ailrtv. Private to "travaillé": é. Private to "travaillez": ez.
"travaillé" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVVCCV · "travaillez" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travaillez ← rtavaillez · tarvaillez · traavillez · travailelz · travailez · travaillezz · travaillze · travalilez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "travaillé" and "travaillez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "travaillé" vs "travaillez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "travaillé" 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 #377,971 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travaillé" and "travaillez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "travailla vs travaillez". 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 #377,971 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.