Which to use
“travailleurs” and “travailleuses” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,202
- “travailleurs” frequency rank
- #25,513
- “travailleuses” frequency rank
- 27715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travailleurs | travailleuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de travailleur. | Féminin pluriel de travailleur. |
Where the eye mixes travailleurs and travailleuses
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. travailleurs runs 12 letters (CCVCVVCCVVCC) against travailleuses's 13 (CCVCVVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses travailleurs with travailleuses
A purely visual mix-up. travailleurs (\tʁa.va.jœʁ\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
travailleurs is recorded at frequency rank #2,202, classified as anadj, pronounced \tʁa.va.jœʁ\. 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 27715, this pair ranks #327,245 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travailleurs vs travailleuses
Shared letters: aeilrstuv. Private to "travailleurs": -. Private to "travailleuses": -.
"travailleurs" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVVCC · "travailleuses" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travailleurs ← rtavailleurs · tarvailleurs · traavilleurs · travailelurs · travaileurs · travaillerus · travailleurrs · travailleurss
- travailleuses ← rtavailleuses · tarvailleuses · traavilleuses · travaileluses · travaileuses · travaillesues · travailleuess · travailleusess
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "travailleurs" for "travailleuses" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "travailleurs" or "travailleuses" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "travailleurs" and "travailleuses" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "travailleurs" 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 #327,245 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travailleurs" 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 #327,245 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.