évacuation

\e.va.kɥa.sjɔ̃\

/\e.va.kɥa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“évacuation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,021
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’évacuer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-evacuation · évacuation · French

évacuation · rank #7,021 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,021
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH éteindre

Nearest frequency peer: éteindre (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « évacuation »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « évacuation » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

évacuation vs évocation
80% similar
évacuation vs évaluation
90% similar
évacuation vs évaluations
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for évacuation
PropertyValue
Headwordévacuation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\e.va.kɥa.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,021
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « évacuation »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.évacuationse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « éteindre » (#7,020), « 5e » (#7,022), « épais » (#7,019). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « évacuation » est au #7,021. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around évacuation (IPA \e.va.kɥa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,021 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for évacuation, with forms such as "evacuation", "véacuation", and "éavcuation". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "évocation", "évaluation", "évaluations", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is évacuation, spelled É-V-A-C-U-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’évacuer.
  2. 2
    Décharge, sortie d’humeurs, d’excréments, ou de matières viciées.
  3. 3
    Matières évacuées.
  4. 4
    Action d’évacuer un pays, une place de guerre, en conséquence d’un traité, d’une capitulation, etc.
  5. 5
    Toute sortie en masse produite par nécessité, par ordre ou par des mesures de force.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how évacuation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. En outre, la conception de l’autodéschisteur doit être telle que le blocage des dispositifs d’évacuation par la matière à éliminer soit impossible. Il doit être parfaitement automatique.
  2. Les mâchefers doivent être traités avant évacuation. Il faut les refroidir, les broyer, les déferrailler.

Synonyms

crachementdéfécationdéjectionécoulementéliminationéruptionrejetvomissementabandondépartéjectionévacexodeexpulsionlibérationreplisortie

This word in other languages

evacuation(English)evacuación(Español)Räumung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evacuation
  • véacuation
  • éavcuation
  • évacaution
  • évaccuation
  • évacuaiton
  • évacuatino
  • évacuationn
  • évacuatoin
  • évacuattion
  • évacutaion
  • évaucation
  • évcauation
  • évvacuation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of évacuation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

evacuation1véacuation2éavcuation2évacaution2évaccuation1évacuaiton2évacuatino2évacuationn1
Edit distance from "évacuation"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "évacuation"?
"évacuation" is spelled É-V-A-C-U-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \e.va.kɥa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "évacuation" mean?
As a noun, "évacuation" means: Action d’évacuer.
What words are commonly confused with "évacuation"?
"évacuation" is commonly confused with "évocation", "évaluation", "évaluations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "évacuation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "évacuation" is \e.va.kɥa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "évacuation" come from?
"évacuation" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "évacuation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

travaillait14 variantspérimètre14 variantsorganisés14 variantsféministe14 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list