Which to use
“travaillées” is an adjective and “travailler” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,157
- “travaillées” frequency rank
- #780
- “travailler” frequency rank
- 25937
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travaillées | travailler |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de travaillé. | Tourmenter ; soumettre à une gêne ; causer de la peine ; torturer psychologiquement. |
Same sound, different letters: travaillées vs travailler
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. travaillées runs 11 letters (CCVCVVCCVVC) against travailler's 10 (CCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - travaillées / travailler
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: travaillées 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 25937, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
travaillées is recorded at frequency rank #25,157, 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 25937, this pair ranks #338,005 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of travaillées vs travailler
Shared letters: aeilrtv. Private to "travaillées": sé. Private to "travailler": -.
"travaillées" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVVC · "travailler" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travailler ← rtavailler · tarvailler · traaviller · travailelr · travailer · travaillerr · travaillre · travaliler
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "travaillées" and "travailler" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "travaillées" or "travailler" show up more?
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 "travaillées" 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 #338,005 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travaillées" and "travailler" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "travaillées 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 #338,005 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.