Which to use
“travaillées” is an adjective and “travaillez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,157
- “travaillées” frequency rank
- #16,253
- “travaillez” frequency rank
- 41410
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travaillées | travaillez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de travaillé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de travailler. |
Same sound, different letters: travaillées vs travaillez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. travaillées runs 11 letters (CCVCVVCCVVC) against travaillez'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 travaillez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: travaillées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41410, 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\. 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 41410, this pair ranks #233,313 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travaillées vs travaillez
Shared letters: aeilrtv. Private to "travaillées": sé. Private to "travaillez": z.
"travaillées" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVVC · "travaillez" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travaillez ← rtavaillez · tarvaillez · traavillez · travailelz · travailez · travaillezz · travaillze · travalilez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "travaillées" and "travaillez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "travaillées" or "travaillez"?
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 "travaillez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #233,313 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travaillées" and "travaillez" 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 #233,313 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.