évacuevsévaluéeTell them apart

Which to use

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

#27,303
“évacue” frequency rank
#17,319
“évaluée” frequency rank
44622
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évacue évaluée
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de évacuer. Participe passé féminin singulier de évaluer.

Where the eye mixes évacue and évaluée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. évacue runs 6 letters (VCVCVV) against évaluée's 7 (VCVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
évacue
7 ch
évaluée

Why the eye confuses évacue with évaluée

A purely visual mix-up. évacue (\e.va.ky\) and évaluée (\e.va.lɥe\) 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 44622, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

évacue is recorded at frequency rank #27,303, classified as averb, pronounced \e.va.ky\. évaluée is at rank #17,319, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.va.lɥe\.

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 44622, this pair ranks #209,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of évacue vs évaluée

Shared letters: aeuvé. Private to "évacue": c. Private to "évaluée": l.

"évacue" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "évaluée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "évacue" for "évaluée" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\e.va.ky\ versus \e.va.lɥe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "évacue" or "évaluée"?
"évaluée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,319 in our French list, against #27,303 for "évacue". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "évacue" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évaluée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #209,067 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évacue" and "évaluée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évacue vs évacuent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #209,067 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