érigésvsévitesConfusable pair

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.

6 ch
érigés
6 ch
évites

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?
No. They are said differently (\e.ʁi.ʒe\ versus \e.vit\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "érigés" or "évites"?
"évites" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,315 in our French list, against #37,135 for "érigés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list