Which to use
“êtes” is a verb and “even” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #362
- “êtes” frequency rank
- #24,583
- “even” frequency rank
- 24945
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | êtes | even |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de être. | Synonyme de évène. |
Letter map: êtes vs even
Shared letters muted; letters that set êtes and even apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for êtes / even
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: êtes is averb and evenanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
êtes is recorded at frequency rank #362, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛt\. 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 24945, this pair ranks #343,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of êtes vs even
Shared letters: e. Private to "êtes": stê. Private to "even": nv.
"êtes" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "even" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- even ← eevn · evenn · evne · evven · veen
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "êtes" and "even" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "êtes" vs "even" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "êtes" and "even". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "êtes" 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 #343,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "êtes" and "even" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "even vs Ewan". 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 #343,657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.