Which to use
“travaillés” and “travailleurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,566
- “travaillés” frequency rank
- #2,202
- “travailleurs” frequency rank
- 28768
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travaillés | travailleurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de travaillé. | Pluriel de travailleur. |
Where the eye mixes travaillés and travailleurs
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. travaillés runs 10 letters (CCVCVVCCVC) 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 travaillés with travailleurs
A purely visual mix-up. travaillés (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
travaillés is recorded at frequency rank #26,566, 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 28768, this pair ranks #320,835 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travaillés vs travailleurs
Shared letters: ailrstv. Private to "travaillés": é. Private to "travailleurs": eu.
"travaillés" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC · "travailleurs" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travailleurs ← rtavailleurs · tarvailleurs · traavilleurs · travailelurs · travaileurs · travaillerus · travailleurrs · travailleurss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "travaillés" and "travailleurs" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "travaillés" or "travailleurs"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "travaillés" and "travailleurs" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "travaillés" 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 #320,835 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travaillés" and "travailleurs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "travaillés 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 #320,835 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.