Which to use
“travaillée” is an adjective and “travaillez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,905
- “travaillée” frequency rank
- #16,253
- “travaillez” frequency rank
- 43158
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travaillée | travaillez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de travaillé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de travailler. |
Same sound, different letters: travaillée vs travaillez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. travaillée (CCVCVVCCVV) and travaillez (CCVCVVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Ear matches; page differs - travaillée and travaillez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: travaillée 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43158, 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\. 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 43158, this pair ranks #220,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travaillée vs travaillez
Shared letters: aeilrtv. Private to "travaillée": é. Private to "travaillez": z.
"travaillée" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVV · "travaillez" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travaillez ← rtavaillez · tarvaillez · traavillez · travailelz · travailez · travaillezz · travaillze · travalilez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "travaillée" and "travaillez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "travaillée" vs "travaillez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"travaillée" and "travaillez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "travaillée" 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 #220,208 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travaillée" and "travaillez" 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 #220,208 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.