eganvsevenWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: egan is a adjective, even is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“egan” is an adjective and “even” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#45,580
“egan” frequency rank
#24,583
“even” frequency rank
70163
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature egan even
Definition Accusatif singulier de ega. Synonyme de évène.

Letter map: egan vs even

Shared letters muted; letters that set egan and even apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
egan
4 ch
even

Part-of-speech tell for egan / even

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: egan is anadjective and evenanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70163, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

egan is recorded at frequency rank #45,580, classified as anadj, pronounced \ˈe.ɡan\. even is at rank #24,583, tagged as anoun.

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 70163, this pair ranks #52,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of egan vs even

Shared letters: en. Private to "egan": ag. Private to "even": v.

"egan" · 4 letters · shape VCVC  ·  "even" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eganeagn · egann · eggan · egna · gean
  • eveneevn · evenn · evne · evven · veen

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "egan" for "even" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "egan" is an adjective and "even" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "egan" or "even"?
"even" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,583 in our French list, against #45,580 for "egan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "egan" and "even".

  • Full dictionary entry for "egan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "even" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,392 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "egan" and "even" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "egan vs étai". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #52,392 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