evacuadavsevaluadaWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“evacuada” and “evaluada” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#47,126
“evacuada” frequency rank
#41,348
“evaluada” frequency rank
88474
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature evacuada evaluada
Definition Forma del femenino de evacuado. Forma del femenino de evaluado, participio de evaluar.

Where the eye mixes evacuada and evaluada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

8 ch
evacuada
8 ch
evaluada

Visual trap between evacuada and evaluada

A purely visual mix-up. evacuada ([eβ̞aˈkwað̞a]) and evaluada ([eβ̞aˈlwað̞a]) 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 a single letter - c in “evacuada” becomes l in “evaluada”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88474, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

evacuada is recorded at frequency rank #47,126, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [eβ̞aˈkwað̞a]. evaluada is at rank #41,348, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [eβ̞aˈlwað̞a].

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 88474, this pair ranks #3,757 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of evacuada vs evaluada

Shared letters: adeuv. Private to "evacuada": c. Private to "evaluada": l.

"evacuada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV  ·  "evaluada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • evacuadaeavcuada · ebacuada · evacauda · evaccuada · evacuaad · evacuadda · evacudaa · evaucada
  • evaluadaeavluada · ebaluada · evalauda · evalluada · evaluaad · evaluadda · evaludaa · evaulada

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "evacuada" for "evaluada" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([eβ̞aˈkwað̞a] versus [eβ̞aˈlwað̞a]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "evacuada" or "evaluada" show up more?
"evaluada" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #41,348 in our Spanish list, against #47,126 for "evacuada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "evacuada" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "evaluada" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #3,757 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "evacuada" and "evaluada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "evacuada vs evacuadas". 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 #3,757 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list