Which to use
“travaillés” is an adjective and “trouvailles” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #26,566
- “travaillés” frequency rank
- #23,723
- “trouvailles” frequency rank
- 50289
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travaillés | trouvailles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de travaillé. | Pluriel de trouvaille. |
Where the eye mixes travaillés and trouvailles
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. travaillés runs 10 letters (CCVCVVCCVC) against trouvailles's 11 (CCVVCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between travaillés and trouvailles
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: travaillés is \tʁa.va.je\ while trouvailles is \tʁu.vɑj\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50289, 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\. trouvailles is at rank #23,723, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tʁu.vɑj\.
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 50289, this pair ranks #163,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travaillés vs trouvailles
Shared letters: ailrstv. Private to "travaillés": é. Private to "trouvailles": eou.
"travaillés" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVC · "trouvailles" · 11 letters · shape CCVVCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- trouvailles ← rtouvailles · toruvailles · trouavilles · trouvailels · trouvailes · trouvailless · trouvaillse · trouvaliles
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "travaillés" and "trouvailles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "travaillés" or "trouvailles"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "travaillés" and "trouvailles" 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 "trouvailles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #163,839 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travaillés" and "trouvailles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trouvailles vs Trouville". 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 #163,839 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.