evacuadovsevaluadaConfusable pair

Quick tell: evacuado is a adjective, evaluada is a participle, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“evacuado” is an adjective and “evaluada” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,199
“evacuado” frequency rank
#41,348
“evaluada” frequency rank
73547
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature evacuado evaluada
Definition Que ha sido forzado a irse de una zona, generalmente su casa o lugar de habitación, por motivos políticos, militares, de seguridad, de catástrofe climática, etc. Forma del femenino de evaluado, participio de evaluar.

Where the eye mixes evacuado and evaluada

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
evacuado
8 ch
evaluada

Why the eye confuses evacuado with evaluada

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: evacuado is [eβ̞aˈkwað̞o] while evaluada is [eβ̞aˈlwað̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73547, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

evacuado is recorded at frequency rank #32,199, classified as anadj, pronounced [eβ̞aˈkwað̞o]. 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 73547, this pair ranks #23,076 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of evacuado vs evaluada

Shared letters: adeuv. Private to "evacuado": co. Private to "evaluada": l.

"evacuado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV  ·  "evaluada" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • evacuadoeavcuado · ebacuado · evacaudo · evaccuado · evacuaddo · evacuaod · evacudao · evaucado
  • evaluadaeavluada · ebaluada · evalauda · evalluada · evaluaad · evaluadda · evaludaa · evaulada

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "evacuado" and "evaluada" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "evacuado" is an adjective and "evaluada" a participle, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "evacuado" vs "evaluada" - which ranks higher?
"evacuado" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,199 in our Spanish list, against #41,348 for "evaluada". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "evacuado" 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 #23,076 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "evacuado" and "evaluada" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "evacuada vs evaluada". 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 #23,076 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