évacuéesvsévacuésTell them apart

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

#33,092
“évacuées” frequency rank
#22,748
“évacués” frequency rank
55840
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évacuées évacués
Definition Féminin pluriel de évacué. Masculin pluriel de évacué.

Same sound, different letters: évacuées vs évacués

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. évacuées runs 8 letters (VCVCVVVC) against évacués's 7 (VCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
évacuées
7 ch
évacués

Ear matches; page differs - évacuées and évacués

This is the hard kind. évacuées 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55840, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

évacuées is recorded at frequency rank #33,092, 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 55840, this pair ranks #124,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of évacuées vs évacués

Shared letters: acsuvé. Private to "évacuées": e. Private to "évacués": -.

"évacuées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVVC  ·  "évacués" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "évacuées" and "évacués" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\e.va.kɥe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "évacuées" or "évacués"?
"évacués" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,748 in our French list, against #33,092 for "évacuées". 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 "évacuées" 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 #124,889 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évacuées" and "évacués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évacuées vs évoluées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #124,889 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