évacuationsvsévaluationWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“évacuations” and “évaluation” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#34,832
“évacuations” frequency rank
#3,307
“évaluation” frequency rank
38139
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évacuations évaluation
Definition Pluriel de évacuation. Action d’évaluer.

Where the eye mixes évacuations and évaluation

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

11 ch
évacuations
10 ch
évaluation

Look-alike desk: évacuations vs évaluation

A purely visual mix-up. évacuations (\e.va.kɥa.sjɔ̃\) and évaluation (\e.va.lɥa.sjɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38139, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

évacuations is recorded at frequency rank #34,832, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.va.kɥa.sjɔ̃\. évaluation is at rank #3,307, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.va.lɥa.sjɔ̃\.

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 38139, this pair ranks #257,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of évacuations vs évaluation

Shared letters: ainotuvé. Private to "évacuations": cs. Private to "évaluation": l.

"évacuations" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVVCVVCC  ·  "évaluation" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "évacuations" for "évaluation" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\e.va.kɥa.sjɔ̃\ versus \e.va.lɥa.sjɔ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "évacuations" vs "évaluation" - which ranks higher?
"évaluation" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,307 in our French list, against #34,832 for "évacuations". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "évacuations" and "évaluation" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "évacuations" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évaluation" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #257,383 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évacuations" and "évaluation" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évacuations vs évaluations". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #257,383 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