Which to use
“evitado” and “evitan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,370
- “evitado” frequency rank
- #15,853
- “evitan” frequency rank
- 31223
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | evitado | evitan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participio de evitar. | Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de evitar. |
Where the eye mixes evitado and evitan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: evitado vs evitan
A purely visual mix-up. evitado ([eβ̞iˈt̪að̞o]) and evitan ([eˈβ̞it̪ãn]) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31223, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
evitado is recorded at frequency rank #15,370, classified as averb, pronounced [eβ̞iˈt̪að̞o]. evitan is at rank #15,853, tagged as averb, pronounced [eˈβ̞it̪ãn].
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 31223, this pair ranks #208,154 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of evitado vs evitan
Shared letters: aeitv. Private to "evitado": do. Private to "evitan": n.
"evitado" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV · "evitan" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "evitado" for "evitan" ever safe?
Frequency check: "evitado" vs "evitan" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "evitado" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "evitan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #208,154 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "evitado" and "evitan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "evitan vs excitan". 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 #208,154 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.