travailleursvstravailleusesConfusable pair

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.

12 ch
travailleurs
13 ch
travailleuses

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?
No. They are said differently (\tʁa.va.jœʁ\ versus \tʁa.va.jøz\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "travailleurs" or "travailleuses" show up more?
"travailleurs" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,202 in our French list, against #25,513 for "travailleuses". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list