évoluer

\e.vɔ.lɥe\

/\e.vɔ.lɥe\/ verb

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The verdict

“évoluer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,543
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
15
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se transformer progressivement.

Corpus desk

Index FR-evoluer · évoluer · French

évoluer · rank #4,543 · 10 variants · 15 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,543
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 15 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH épaule

Nearest frequency peer: épaule (-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 « évoluer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « évoluer » 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).

évoluer vs évoque
71% similar
évoluer vs évoquer
86% similar
évoluer vs évoquée
57% similar

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

Key facts for évoluer
PropertyValue
Headwordévoluer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.vɔ.lɥe\
Letters7
Frequency rank#4,543
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « évoluer »

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

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « épaule » (#4,542), « actuels » (#4,544), « éliminer » (#4,541). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « évoluer » est au #4,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around évoluer (IPA \e.vɔ.lɥe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,543 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for évoluer, with forms such as "evoluer", "véoluer", and "éovluer". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "évoque", "évoquer", "évoquée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is évoluer, spelled É-V-O-L-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Se transformer progressivement.
  2. 2
    Exécuter des évolutions.
  3. 3
    Se déplacer, se mouvoir.
  4. 4
    Jouer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Va-t-il me falloir enregistrer que Castelsarrasin, centre d'un obscurantisme homicide, évolue à rebours de la civilisation? Non!
  2. L’attitude de l’occupant vis-à-vis de l’occupé évolue aussi. Elle change même du tout au tout. La poigne de fer de l’hitlérisme, relâchée les premiers mois, se resserre brutalement.

This word in other languages

evolve(English)desarrollar(Español)fortschreiten(Deutsch)evoluir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evoluer
  • véoluer
  • éovluer
  • évlouer
  • évoleur
  • évolluer
  • évoluerr
  • évolure
  • évouler
  • évvoluer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of évoluer - 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.

evoluer1véoluer2éovluer2évlouer2évoleur2évolluer1évoluerr1évolure2
Edit distance from "évoluer"

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 "évoluer"?
"évoluer" is spelled É-V-O-L-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.vɔ.lɥe\.
What does "évoluer" mean?
As a verb, "évoluer" means: Se transformer progressivement.
What words are commonly confused with "évoluer"?
"évoluer" is commonly confused with "évoque", "évoquer", "évoquée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "évoluer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "évoluer" is \e.vɔ.lɥe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "évoluer" come from?
"évoluer" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

actuels#4,544appuyer#4,546viendra#4,537Toronto#4,532

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

entouré10 variantsmiracle10 variantsexterne10 variantsmarquée10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list