Which to use
“travaillés” is an adjective and “travaillez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,566
- “travaillés” frequency rank
- #16,253
- “travaillez” frequency rank
- 42819
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travaillés | travaillez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de travaillé. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de travailler. |
Same sound, different letters: travaillés vs travaillez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. travaillés and travaillez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: travaillés vs travaillez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: travaillés 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42819, 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\. 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 42819, this pair ranks #222,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travaillés vs travaillez
Shared letters: ailrtv. Private to "travaillés": sé. Private to "travaillez": ez.
"travaillés" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC · "travaillez" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travaillez ← rtavaillez · tarvaillez · traavillez · travailelz · travailez · travaillezz · travaillze · travalilez
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "travaillés" and "travaillez" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "travaillés" vs "travaillez" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "travaillés" 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 #222,709 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travaillés" and "travaillez" 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 #222,709 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.