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.
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?
Frequency check: "évaluation" vs "évaluations" - which ranks higher?
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.