evacuarvsevaluarWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#16,333
“evacuar” frequency rank
#5,726
“evaluar” frequency rank
22059
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature evacuar evaluar
Definition Desalojar o abandonar un lugar rápidamente, a menudo debido a una emergencia. Examinar algo y establecer, determinar, estimar o señalar su valor, rendimiento, tamaño, impacto, progreso, importancia, méritos, etc.

Where the eye mixes evacuar and evaluar

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

7 ch
evacuar
7 ch
evaluar

Look-alike desk: evacuar vs evaluar

A purely visual mix-up. evacuar ([eβ̞aˈkwaɾ]) and evaluar ([eβ̞aˈlwaɾ]) 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 “evacuar” becomes l in “evaluar”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22059, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

evacuar is recorded at frequency rank #16,333, classified as averb, pronounced [eβ̞aˈkwaɾ]. evaluar is at rank #5,726, tagged as averb, pronounced [eβ̞aˈlwaɾ].

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 22059, this pair ranks #252,133 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of evacuar vs evaluar

Shared letters: aeruv. Private to "evacuar": c. Private to "evaluar": l.

"evacuar" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC  ·  "evaluar" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • evacuareavcuar · ebacuar · evacaur · evaccuar · evacuarr · evacura · evaucar · evcauar
  • evaluareavluar · ebaluar · evalaur · evalluar · evaluarr · evalura · evaular · evlauar

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "evacuar" and "evaluar" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([eβ̞aˈkwaɾ] versus [eβ̞aˈlwaɾ]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "evacuar" or "evaluar"?
"evaluar" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,726 in our Spanish list, against #16,333 for "evacuar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "evacuar" and "evaluar" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "evacuar" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "evaluar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #252,133 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "evacuar" and "evaluar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "evacuada vs evacuar". 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 #252,133 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