évacuésvsexactesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#22,748
“évacués” frequency rank
#14,034
“exactes” frequency rank
36782
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évacués exactes
Definition Masculin pluriel de évacué. Féminin pluriel de exact.

Where the eye mixes évacués and exactes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. évacués (VCVCVVC) and exactes (VCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
évacués
7 ch
exactes

Why the eye confuses évacués with exactes

A purely visual mix-up. évacués (\e.va.kɥe\) and exactes (\ɛɡ.zakt\) 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 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36782, 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\. exactes is at rank #14,034, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛɡ.zakt\.

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 36782, this pair ranks #267,175 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of évacués vs exactes

Shared letters: acs. Private to "évacués": uvé. Private to "exactes": etx.

"évacués" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC  ·  "exactes" · 7 letters · shape VCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • exactes ← eaxctes · exacctes · exacets · exactess · exactse · exacttes · exatces · excates

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "évacués" for "exactes" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\e.va.kɥe\ versus \ɛɡ.zakt\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "évacués" or "exactes" show up more?
"exactes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,034 in our French list, against #22,748 for "évacués". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "évacués" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "exactes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #267,175 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évacués" and "exactes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évacuent vs évacués". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #267,175 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