évasif
\e.va.zif\
The verdict
“évasif” is uncommon French (frequency #53,716 among 1,805 “É” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,716
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui sert à éluder.
Corpus desk
Index FR-evasif · évasif · French
évasif · rank #53,716 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,716
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH équipant
Nearest frequency peer: équipant (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « évasif »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- éparpiller
éparpiller
46,288 corpus weight
- épurées
épurées
46,287 corpus weight
- équipant
équipant
46,286 corpus weight
- évasif
évasif
46,285 corpus weight
- Évian
Évian
46,284 corpus weight
- évocations
évocations
46,283 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « évasif » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | évasif |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.va.zif\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,716 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « évasif » en français
Rare enough to double-check
évasif is uncommon French at frequency #53,716 among 1,805 “É” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \e.va.zif\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for évasif in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is évasif, spelled É-V-A-S-I-F.
Definition
- 1Qui sert à éluder.
- 2Qui élude.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how évasif appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Moyen évasif.
Réponse évasive.
This word in other languages
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "évasif", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).