Which to use
“travaillées” and “travaillés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,157
- “travaillées” frequency rank
- #26,566
- “travaillés” frequency rank
- 51723
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travaillées | travaillés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de travaillé. | Masculin pluriel de travaillé. |
Same sound, different letters: travaillées vs travaillés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. travaillées runs 11 letters (CCVCVVCCVVC) against travaillés's 10 (CCVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - travaillées and travaillés
This is the hard kind. travaillées and travaillés are pronounced identically (\tʁa.va.je\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51723, 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\. travaillés is at rank #26,566, tagged as anadj, 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 51723, this pair ranks #152,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travaillées vs travaillés
Shared letters: ailrstvé. Private to "travaillées": e. Private to "travaillés": -.
"travaillées" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVVC · "travaillés" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "travaillées" and "travaillés" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "travaillées" vs "travaillés" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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 "travaillés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #152,928 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travaillées" and "travaillés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "travaillés vs travailleuse". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #152,928 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.