Which to use
“envient” and “évitent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #47,876
- “envient” frequency rank
- #20,330
- “évitent” frequency rank
- 68206
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | envient | évitent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de envier. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de éviter. |
Where the eye mixes envient and évitent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses envient with évitent
A purely visual mix-up. envient (\ɑ̃.vi\) and évitent (\e.vit\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68206, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
envient is recorded at frequency rank #47,876, classified as averb, pronounced \ɑ̃.vi\. évitent is at rank #20,330, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.vit\.
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 68206, this pair ranks #60,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of envient vs évitent
Shared letters: eintv. Private to "envient": -. Private to "évitent": é.
"envient" · 7 letters · shape VCCVVCC · "évitent" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- envient ← enivent · ennvient · enveint · enviennt · envientt · envietn · envinet · envvient
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "envient" and "évitent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "envient" or "évitent" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "envient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "évitent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #60,114 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "envient" and "évitent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "enfuient vs envient". 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 #60,114 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.