Which to use
“évacuée” and “évacués” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,304
- “évacuée” frequency rank
- #22,748
- “évacués” frequency rank
- 50052
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | évacuée | évacués |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de évacué. | Masculin pluriel de évacué. |
Same sound, different letters: évacuée vs évacués
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. évacuée (VCVCVVV) and évacués (VCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - évacuée / évacués
This is the hard kind. évacuée and évacués are pronounced identically (\e.va.kɥe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “évacuée” becomes s in “évacués”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50052, 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\. évacués is at rank #22,748, tagged as anadj, 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 50052, this pair ranks #165,664 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of évacuée vs évacués
Shared letters: acuvé. Private to "évacuée": e. Private to "évacués": s.
"évacuée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVV · "évacués" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
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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 "évacués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #165,664 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "évacuée" and "évacués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évacuée vs évacuent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #165,664 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.