évitez

\e.vi.te\

/\e.vi.te\/ verb

The verdict

“évitez” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,302. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,302
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de éviter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-evitez · évitez · French

évitez · rank #13,302 · 9 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,302
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH érotique

Nearest frequency peer: érotique (-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 « évitez »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « évitez » 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).

évitez vs exigez
50% similar
évitez vs élite
67% similar
évitez vs évite
83% similar

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

Key facts for évitez
PropertyValue
Headwordévitez
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.vi.te\
Letters6
Frequency rank#13,302
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « évitez »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).évitezse 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 « érotique » (#13,301), « épuisement » (#13,300), « 4x4 » (#13,304). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « évitez » est au #13,302. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around évitez (IPA \e.vi.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,302 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for évitez, with forms such as "evitez", "véitez", and "éivtez". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 16 confusable-pair relationships, "exigez", "élite", "évite", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is évitez, spelled É-V-I-T-E-Z.

Definition

  1. 1
    Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de éviter.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de éviter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Aujourd’hui, vous n’évitez pas quelques piques venant de votre partenaire.
  2. Évitez de « coincer » un pot dans un cache-pot étroit et profond, car l’eau d’arrosage risque de s’accumuler au fond sans que vous vous en rendiez compte.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evitez
  • véitez
  • éivtez
  • évietz
  • évitezz
  • évittez
  • évitze
  • évtiez
  • évvitez

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of évitez - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

evitez1véitez2éivtez2évietz2évitezz1évittez1évitze2évtiez2
Edit distance from "évitez"

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 "évitez"?
"évitez" is spelled É-V-I-T-E-Z. The IPA pronunciation is \e.vi.te\.
What does "évitez" mean?
As a verb, "évitez" means: Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de éviter.
What words are commonly confused with "évitez"?
"évitez" is commonly confused with "exigez", "élite", "évite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "évitez"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "évitez" is \e.vi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "évitez" come from?
"évitez" 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 "évitez", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list