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

#22,748
“évacués” frequency rank
#34,834
“évolués” frequency rank
57582
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évacués évolués
Definition Masculin pluriel de évacué. Masculin pluriel de évolué.

Where the eye mixes évacués and évolués

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. évacués and évolués follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
évacués
7 ch
évolués

Look-alike desk: évacués vs évolués

A purely visual mix-up. évacués (\e.va.kɥe\) and évolués (\e.vɔ.lɥe\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57582, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

évacués is recorded at frequency rank #22,748, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.va.kɥe\. évolués is at rank #34,834, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.vɔ.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 57582, this pair ranks #114,169 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of évacués vs évolués

Shared letters: suvé. Private to "évacués": ac. Private to "évolués": lo.

"évacués" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC  ·  "évolués" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "évacués" and "évolués" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\e.va.kɥe\ versus \e.vɔ.lɥe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "évacués" or "évolués"?
"évacués" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,748 in our French list, against #34,834 for "évolués". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "évacués" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évolués" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #114,169 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évacués" and "évolués" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évoluées vs évolués". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #114,169 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