évoquer

\e.vɔ.ke\

/\e.vɔ.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“évoquer” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,394. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,394
frequency rank, French
1,805
“É” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
16
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appeler, faire venir, faire apparaître, en parlant surtout des âmes, des esprits.

Corpus desk

Index FR-evoquer · évoquer · French

évoquer · rank #7,394 · 10 variants · 16 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,394
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 16 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,805
  • PHOTO-FINISH Étienne

Nearest frequency peer: Étienne (-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 « évoquer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « évoquer » 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).

évoquer vs époque
71% similar
évoquer vs évêque
71% similar
évoquer vs évoque
86% similar

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

Key facts for évoquer
PropertyValue
Headwordévoquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\e.vɔ.ke\
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,394
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs16
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « évoquer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.évoquerse 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 « Étienne » (#7,393), « accroître » (#7,395), « élire » (#7,392). Parmi 1,805 lemmes en « É », « évoquer » est au #7,394. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around évoquer (IPA \e.vɔ.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #7,394 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for évoquer, with forms such as "evoquer", "véoquer", and "éovquer". 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 16 confusable-pair relationships, "époque", "évêque", "évoque", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is évoquer, spelled É-V-O-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Appeler, faire venir, faire apparaître, en parlant surtout des âmes, des esprits.
  2. 2
    Se rappeler au souvenir.
  3. 3
    Faire une simple apostrophe oratoire, une prosopopée.
  4. 4
    Remettre en mémoire ; rappeler une chose susceptible d'être oubliée.
  5. 5
    Attirer à soi, sur la base d’une décision d'une juridiction supérieure, la connaissance d’une affaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les nécromanciens prétendaient évoquer les âmes des morts, les esprits, les démons.
  2. Puis, tout d’un coup, les années heureuses s’évoquèrent, sa jeunesse, son adolescence près de lui, si bon, si gai.

This word in other languages

evoke(English)evocar(Español)wachrufen(Deutsch)evocar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • evoquer
  • véoquer
  • éovquer
  • évoqeur
  • évoqquer
  • évoquerr
  • évoqure
  • évouqer
  • évqouer
  • évvoquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

evoquer1véoquer2éovquer2évoqeur2évoqquer1évoquerr1évoqure2évouqer2
Edit distance from "évoquer"

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 "évoquer"?
"évoquer" is spelled É-V-O-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \e.vɔ.ke\.
What does "évoquer" mean?
As a verb, "évoquer" means: Appeler, faire venir, faire apparaître, en parlant surtout des âmes, des esprits.
What words are commonly confused with "évoquer"?
"évoquer" is commonly confused with "époque", "évêque", "évoque". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "évoquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "évoquer" is \e.vɔ.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "évoquer" come from?
"évoquer" 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 "évoquer", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Étienne#7,393blocage#7,402cendres#7,409sombres#7,378

Similar misspelling depth

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

signaux10 variantssentait10 variantscroiser10 variantsdeviner10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list