eva

/\ˈəva\/ verb

Letters

3 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,822

in French word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

eva is aFrenchverb. It means: Boire. Pronounced \ˈəva\. It ranks #6,822 in French word frequency. Often confused with ez and eve.

Key facts for eva
PropertyValue
Headwordeva
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ˈəva\
Letters3
Frequency rank#6,822
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of eva in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for eva is 3 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˈəva\. Corpus data places it at rank #6,822 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Boire.".

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for eva in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable French patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ez", "eve", "eye", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is eva, spelled E-V-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Boire.

Frequency rank: #6,822 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "eva"?
"eva" is spelled E-V-A. The IPA pronunciation is \ˈəva\.
What does "eva" mean?
As a verb, "eva" means: Boire.
What words are commonly confused with "eva"?
"eva" is commonly confused with "ez", "eve", "eye". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "eva"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "eva" is \ˈəva\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "eva" come from?
"eva" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.