Which to use
“esta” is a verb and “evra” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,787
- “esta” frequency rank
- #34,091
- “evra” frequency rank
- 72878
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | esta | evra |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple du verbe ester. | Euro. |
Where the eye mixes esta and evra
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. esta and evra follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: esta vs evra
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: esta is \ɛs.ta\ while evra is \ɛ.vra\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72878, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
esta is recorded at frequency rank #38,787, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛs.ta\. evra is at rank #34,091, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ.vra\.
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 72878, this pair ranks #42,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of esta vs evra
Shared letters: ae. Private to "esta": st. Private to "evra": rv.
"esta" · 4 letters · shape VCCV · "evra" · 4 letters · shape VCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "esta" and "evra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "esta" or "evra" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "esta" and "evra" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "esta" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "evra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #42,440 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "esta" and "evra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "essay vs esta". 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 #42,440 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.