éditésvséviterTell them apart

Which to use

“édités” and “éviter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,229
“édités” frequency rank
#862
“éviter” frequency rank
27091
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature édités éviter
Definition Participe passé masculin pluriel de éditer. Échapper, se soustraire à quelque chose de nuisible, de désagréable.

Where the eye mixes édités and éviter

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
édités
6 ch
éviter

Visual trap between édités and éviter

A purely visual mix-up. édités (\e.di.te\) and éviter (\e.vi.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27091, 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\. éviter is at rank #862, tagged as averb, 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 27091, this pair ranks #331,138 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of édités vs éviter

Shared letters: ité. Private to "édités": ds. Private to "éviter": erv.

"édités" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "éviter" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "édités" for "éviter" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\e.di.te\ versus \e.vi.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "édités" or "éviter"?
"éviter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #862 in our French list, against #26,229 for "édités". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "édités" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "éviter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #331,138 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "édités" and "éviter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "édités vs edito". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #331,138 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