éditésvsévitéesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#26,229
“édités” frequency rank
#44,833
“évitées” frequency rank
71062
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature édités évitées
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de éditer. Pluriel de évitée.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set édités and évitées apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch
édités
7 ch
évitées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: édités is \e.di.te\ while évitées is \e.vi.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71062, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

édités is recorded at frequency rank #26,229, classified as averb, pronounced \e.di.te\. évitées is at rank #44,833, 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 71062, this pair ranks #48,949 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of édités vs évitées

Shared letters: isté. Private to "édités": d. Private to "évitées": ev.

"édités" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "évitées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC

Frequency comparison

édités#26,229
évitées#44,833

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "édités" and "évitées" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "édités" is a verb and "évitées" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "édités" or "évitées"?
"édités" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,229 in our French list, against #44,833 for "évitées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering édités vs évitées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “édités”; for a noun, it's “évitées”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “édités” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list