Which to use
“evil” is an adjective and “exil” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,620
- “evil” frequency rank
- #10,649
- “exil” frequency rank
- 26269
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | evil | exil |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | böse | Exil |
Letter map: evil vs exil
Shared letters muted; letters that set evil and exil apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for evil / exil
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: evil is anadjective and exilanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - v in “evil” becomes x in “exil”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26269, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
evil is recorded at frequency rank #15,620, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. exil is at rank #10,649, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɛɡ.zil].
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 26269, this pair ranks #1,820,661 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of evil vs exil
Shared letters: eil. Private to "evil": v. Private to "exil": x.
"evil" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "exil" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "evil" and "exil" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "evil" vs "exil" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "evil" and "exil". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "evil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exil" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,820,661 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "evil" and "exil" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "evil vs puzzles". 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 #1,820,661 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.