évaluationvsévaluationsConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#3,307
“évaluation” frequency rank
#14,396
“évaluations” frequency rank
17703
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évaluation évaluations
Definition Action d’évaluer. Pluriel de évaluation.

Same sound, different letters: évaluation vs évaluations

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.

10 ch
évaluation
11 ch
évaluations

Ear matches; page differs - évaluation and évaluations

This is the hard kind. évaluation and évaluations are pronounced identically (\e.va.lɥa.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. 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 extra letter(s) - “évaluation” sits inside “évaluations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17703, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

évaluation is recorded at frequency rank #3,307, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.va.lɥa.sjɔ̃\. évaluations is at rank #14,396, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.va.lɥa.sjɔ̃\.

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 17703, this pair ranks #381,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of évaluation vs évaluations

Shared letters: ailnotuvé. Private to "évaluation": -. Private to "évaluations": s.

"évaluation" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVVCVVC  ·  "évaluations" · 11 letters · shape VCVCVVCVVCC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "évaluation" and "évaluations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\e.va.lɥa.sjɔ̃\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "évaluation" vs "évaluations" - which ranks higher?
"évaluation" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,307 in our French list, against #14,396 for "évaluations". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "évaluation" / "évaluations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "évaluation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évaluations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #381,873 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évaluation" and "évaluations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évacuations vs évaluations". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #381,873 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