évitais

\e.vi.tɛ\

/\e.vi.tɛ\/ verb

The verdict

“évitais” is uncommon French (frequency #86,357 among 40,273 “É” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#86,357
frequency rank, French
40,273
“É” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de éviter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-evitais · évitais · French

évitais · rank #86,357 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #86,357
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 40,273
  • PHOTO-FINISH évoluons

Nearest frequency peer: évoluons (+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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “évitais”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “évitais” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of May 6, 2026
Key facts for évitais
PropertyValue
Headwordévitais
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.vi.tɛ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#86,357
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “évitais” sits in French frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). évitais lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

évitais is uncommon French at frequency #86,357 among 40,273 “É” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \e.vi.tɛ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

évitais has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is évitais, spelled É-V-I-T-A-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de éviter.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de éviter.

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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Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "évitais"?
"évitais" is spelled É-V-I-T-A-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \e.vi.tɛ\.
What does "évitais" mean?
As a verb, "évitais" means: Première personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de éviter.
How do you pronounce "évitais"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "évitais" is \e.vi.tɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "évitais" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list