éditervsévitéeTell them apart

Quick tell: éditer is a verb, évitée is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“éditer” is a verb and “évitée” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#18,626
“éditer” frequency rank
#31,316
“évitée” frequency rank
49942
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature éditer évitée
Definition Publier un ouvrage ou le mettre en vente ; s’emploie généralement au sujet d’un livre. Action d’un navire qui se meut pour éviter.

Where the eye mixes éditer and évitée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
éditer
6 ch
évitée

Look-alike desk: éditer vs évitée

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: éditer is \e.di.te\ while évitée is \e.vi.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49942, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

éditer is recorded at frequency rank #18,626, classified as averb, pronounced \e.di.te\. évitée is at rank #31,316, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.vi.te\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 49942, this pair ranks #166,620 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of éditer vs évitée

Shared letters: eité. Private to "éditer": dr. Private to "évitée": v.

"éditer" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "évitée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "éditer" and "évitée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "éditer" is a verb and "évitée" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "éditer" vs "évitée" - which ranks higher?
"éditer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,626 in our French list, against #31,316 for "évitée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "éditer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évitée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #166,620 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "éditer" and "évitée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évitée vs exilée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #166,620 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list