Which to use
“evacuado” is an adjective and “evaluado” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,199
- “evacuado” frequency rank
- #27,605
- “evaluado” frequency rank
- 59804
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | evacuado | evaluado |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Participio de evaluar. |
Where the eye mixes evacuado and evaluado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: evacuado vs evaluado
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: evacuado is [eβ̞aˈkwað̞o] while evaluado is [eβ̞aˈlwað̞o]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - c in “evacuado” becomes l in “evaluado”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59804, 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]. evaluado is at rank #27,605, tagged as averb, pronounced [eβ̞aˈlwað̞o].
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 59804, this pair ranks #61,286 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of evacuado vs evaluado
Shared letters: adeouv. Private to "evacuado": c. Private to "evaluado": l.
"evacuado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV · "evaluado" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "evacuado" and "evaluado" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "evacuado" or "evaluado" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "evacuado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "evaluado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,286 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "evacuado" and "evaluado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "evacuada vs evacuado". 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 #61,286 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.