Which to use
“travaillées” and “travailleuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,157
- “travaillées” frequency rank
- #25,513
- “travailleuses” frequency rank
- 50670
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travaillées | travailleuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de travaillé. | Féminin pluriel de travailleur. |
Where the eye mixes travaillées and travailleuses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. travaillées runs 11 letters (CCVCVVCCVVC) against travailleuses's 13 (CCVCVVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: travaillées vs travailleuses
A purely visual mix-up. travaillées (\tʁa.va.je\) and travailleuses (\tʁa.va.jøz\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50670, 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\. travailleuses is at rank #25,513, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tʁa.va.jøz\.
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 50670, this pair ranks #160,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travaillées vs travailleuses
Shared letters: aeilrstv. Private to "travaillées": é. Private to "travailleuses": u.
"travaillées" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVVC · "travailleuses" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travailleuses ← rtavailleuses · tarvailleuses · traavilleuses · travaileluses · travaileuses · travaillesues · travailleuess · travailleusess
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "travaillées" and "travailleuses" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "travaillées" vs "travailleuses" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "travaillées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "travailleuses" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #160,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travaillées" and "travailleuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "travailleuse vs travailleuses". 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 #160,839 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.