Which to use
“travaillées” and “travailleurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,157
- “travaillées” frequency rank
- #2,202
- “travailleurs” frequency rank
- 27359
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travaillées | travailleurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de travaillé. | Pluriel de travailleur. |
Where the eye mixes travaillées and travailleurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. travaillées runs 11 letters (CCVCVVCCVVC) against travailleurs's 12 (CCVCVVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses travaillées with travailleurs
A purely visual mix-up. travaillées (\tʁa.va.je\) and travailleurs (\tʁa.va.jœʁ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27359, 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\. travailleurs is at rank #2,202, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tʁa.va.jœʁ\.
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 27359, this pair ranks #329,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travaillées vs travailleurs
Shared letters: aeilrstv. Private to "travaillées": é. Private to "travailleurs": u.
"travaillées" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVVC · "travailleurs" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travailleurs ← rtavailleurs · tarvailleurs · traavilleurs · travailelurs · travaileurs · travaillerus · travailleurrs · travailleurss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "travaillées" and "travailleurs" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "travaillées" or "travailleurs" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "travaillées" and "travailleurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "travaillées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "travailleurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #329,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travaillées" and "travailleurs" 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 #329,491 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.