évacuéevsévacuerWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: évacuée is a adjective, évacuer is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“évacuée” is an adjective and “évacuer” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#27,304
“évacuée” frequency rank
#8,642
“évacuer” frequency rank
35946
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évacuée évacuer
Definition Féminin singulier de évacué. Rendre vide, quitter un lieu en plus ou moins grand nombre, en parlant des personnes qui l’occupaient.

Same sound, different letters: évacuée vs évacuer

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. évacuée (VCVCVVV) and évacuer (VCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
évacuée
7 ch
évacuer

Ear matches; page differs - évacuée and évacuer

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: évacuée and évacuer carry the same recorded pronunciation, \e.va.kɥe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

évacuée is recorded at frequency rank #27,304, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.va.kɥe\. évacuer is at rank #8,642, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.va.kɥe\.

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 35946, this pair ranks #273,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of évacuée vs évacuer

Shared letters: aceuvé. Private to "évacuée": -. Private to "évacuer": r.

"évacuée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVV  ·  "évacuer" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "évacuée" and "évacuer" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "évacuée" is an adjective and "évacuer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "évacuée" vs "évacuer" - which ranks higher?
"évacuer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,642 in our French list, against #27,304 for "évacuée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "évacuée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évacuer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #273,065 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évacuée" and "évacuer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évacuée vs évacuent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #273,065 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