# evict

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɨˈvɪkt/ · frequency rank #30,031

## Definitions
1. To expel (one or more people) from their property; to force (one or more people) to move out.
2. To eject from a memory cache to reduce the cache's size.

## Etymology
From Middle English evicten, evycten, borrowed from Latin ēvictus, past participle of ēvincō (“to vanquish completely”). Doublet of evince.

## Easily confused with
- **evil** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evict-vs-evil)
- **exit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evict-vs-exit)
- **Evie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evict-vs-evie)
- **exist** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evict-vs-exist)
- **exact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evict-vs-exact)
- **evils** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evict-vs-evils)
- **ECT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ect-vs-evict)
- **eric** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eric-vs-evict)
- **EPIC** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/epic-vs-evict)
- **edit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edit-vs-evict)
- **emit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emit-vs-evict)
- **event** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/event-vs-evict)
- **elect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elect-vs-evict)
- **Erica** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erica-vs-evict)
- **erect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erect-vs-evict)
- **enact** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enact-vs-evict)
- **edict** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edict-vs-evict)
- **eject** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eject-vs-evict)
- **Erich** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erich-vs-evict)
- **epics** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/epics-vs-evict)

## Common misspellings (7)
`eivct`, `evcit`, `evicct`, `evictt`, `evitc`, `evvict`, `veict`

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