évacuéevsévaluerWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#27,304
“évacuée” frequency rank
#4,820
“évaluer” frequency rank
32124
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évacuée évaluer
Definition Féminin singulier de évacué. Estimer une chose quant à son prix, à sa valeur, à sa quantité, à sa durée.

Where the eye mixes évacuée and évaluer

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

7 ch
évacuée
7 ch
évaluer

Visual trap between évacuée and évaluer

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: évacuée is \e.va.kɥe\ while évaluer is \e.va.lɥe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32124, 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\. évaluer is at rank #4,820, 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 32124, this pair ranks #299,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of évacuée vs évaluer

Shared letters: aeuvé. Private to "évacuée": c. Private to "évaluer": lr.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "évacuée" for "évaluer" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "évacuée" is an adjective and "évaluer" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "évacuée" vs "évaluer" - which ranks higher?
"évaluer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,820 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

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "évacuée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évaluer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #299,403 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évacuée" and "évaluer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évacuée vs évacuent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #299,403 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