Which to use
“travailleuse” is a noun and “travailleuses” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,289
- “travailleuse” frequency rank
- #25,513
- “travailleuses” frequency rank
- 56802
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | travailleuse | travailleuses |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui s’adonne au travail. | Féminin pluriel de travailleur. |
Same sound, different letters: travailleuse vs travailleuses
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 12 letters. travailleuse runs 12 letters (CCVCVVCCVVCV) against travailleuses's 13 (CCVCVVCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: travailleuse vs travailleuses
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: travailleuse and travailleuses carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tʁa.va.jøz\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “travailleuse” sits inside “travailleuses”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56802, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
travailleuse is recorded at frequency rank #31,289, classified as anoun, pronounced \tʁa.va.jøz\. 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 56802, this pair ranks #118,818 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of travailleuse vs travailleuses
Shared letters: aeilrstuv. Private to "travailleuse": -. Private to "travailleuses": -.
"travailleuse" · 12 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVVCV · "travailleuses" · 13 letters · shape CCVCVVCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- travailleuse ← rtavailleuse · tarvailleuse · traavilleuse · travaileluse · travaileuse · travaillesue · travailleues · travailluese
- travailleuses ← rtavailleuses · tarvailleuses · traavilleuses · travaileluses · travaileuses · travaillesues · travailleuess · travailleusess
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "travailleuse" for "travailleuses" ever safe?
Frequency check: "travailleuse" vs "travailleuses" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"travailleuse" and "travailleuses" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "travailleuse" 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 #118,818 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "travailleuse" and "travailleuses" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "travaillée 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 #118,818 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.