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

#42,133
“évaluant” frequency rank
#19,013
“excluant” frequency rank
61146
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évaluant excluant
Definition Participe présent de évaluer. Participe présent de exclure.

Where the eye mixes évaluant and excluant

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. évaluant (VCVCVVCC) and excluant (VCCCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
évaluant
8 ch
excluant

Look-alike desk: évaluant vs excluant

A purely visual mix-up. évaluant (\e.va.lɥɑ̃\) and excluant (\ɛks.kly.ɑ̃\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61146, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

évaluant is recorded at frequency rank #42,133, classified as averb, pronounced \e.va.lɥɑ̃\. excluant is at rank #19,013, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛks.kly.ɑ̃\.

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 61146, this pair ranks #93,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of évaluant vs excluant

Shared letters: alntu. Private to "évaluant": vé. Private to "excluant": cex.

"évaluant" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVCC  ·  "excluant" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • excluant ← ecxluant · exccluant · exclaunt · exclluant · excluannt · excluantt · excluatn · exclunat

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "évaluant" for "excluant" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\e.va.lɥɑ̃\ versus \ɛks.kly.ɑ̃\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "évaluant" vs "excluant" - which ranks higher?
"excluant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,013 in our French list, against #42,133 for "évaluant". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "évaluant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "excluant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #93,840 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évaluant" and "excluant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évacuent vs évaluant". 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 #93,840 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