Which to use
“travaillée” is an adjective and “travailler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,905
- “travaillée” frequency rank
- #780
- “travailler” frequency rank
- 27685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travaillée | travailler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de travaillé. | Tourmenter ; soumettre à une gêne ; causer de la peine ; torturer psychologiquement. |
Same sound, different letters: travaillée vs travailler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. travaillée (CCVCVVCCVV) and travailler (CCVCVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Homophone desk: travaillée vs travailler
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: travaillée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
travaillée is recorded at frequency rank #26,905, 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 27685, this pair ranks #327,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travaillée vs travailler
Shared letters: aeilrtv. Private to "travaillée": é. Private to "travailler": -.
"travaillée" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVV · "travailler" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travailler ← rtavailler · tarvailler · traaviller · travailelr · travailer · travaillerr · travaillre · travaliler
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "travaillée" and "travailler" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "travaillée" or "travailler"?
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 "travaillée" 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 #327,466 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travaillée" and "travailler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "travaillée vs travailleuse". 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 #327,466 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.