# evade

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪˈveɪd/ · frequency rank #17,362

## Definitions
1. To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
2. To escape; to slip away; — sometimes with from.
3. To attempt to escape; to practice artifice or sophistry, for the purpose of eluding.

## Etymology
From Middle French évader, from Latin ēvādō (“to pass or go over; flee”), from ē (“out of, from”) + vādō (“to go; walk”). See also wade.

## Easily confused with
- **eve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evade-vs-eve)
- **Evan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evade-vs-evan)
- **Evie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evade-vs-evie)
- **eval** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evade-vs-eval)
- **Evans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evade-vs-evans)
- **evoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evade-vs-evoke)
- **EVA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eva-vs-evade)
- **ease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ease-vs-evade)
- **erase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erase-vs-evade)
- **erode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erode-vs-evade)
- **elude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elude-vs-evade)
- **etude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/etude-vs-evade)

## Common misspellings (6)
`eavde`, `evadde`, `evaed`, `evdae`, `evvade`, `veade`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/evade