Which to use
“érigés” and “évites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,135
- “érigés” frequency rank
- #31,315
- “évites” frequency rank
- 68450
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | érigés | évites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de ériger. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de éviter. |
Where the eye mixes érigés and évites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. érigés and évites follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: érigés vs évites
A purely visual mix-up. érigés (\e.ʁi.ʒe\) and évites (\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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68450, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
érigés is recorded at frequency rank #37,135, classified as averb, pronounced \e.ʁi.ʒe\. évites is at rank #31,315, 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 68450, this pair ranks #59,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of érigés vs évites
Shared letters: isé. Private to "érigés": gr. Private to "évites": etv.
"érigés" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "évites" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "érigés" and "évites" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "érigés" or "évites"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "érigés" and "évites" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "érigés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "évites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #59,142 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "érigés" and "évites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "érigés vs exigez". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #59,142 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.