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Which to use

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

#17,319
“évaluée” frequency rank
#26,591
“évaluées” frequency rank
43910
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évaluée évaluées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de évaluer. Participe passé féminin pluriel de évaluer.

Same sound, different letters: évaluée vs évaluées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. évaluée runs 7 letters (VCVCVVV) against évaluées's 8 (VCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
évaluée
8 ch
évaluées

Homophone desk: évaluée vs évaluées

This is the hard kind. évaluée and évaluées are pronounced identically (\e.va.lɥe\) and both work as averb. 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) - “évaluée” sits inside “évaluées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43910, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

évaluée is recorded at frequency rank #17,319, classified as averb, pronounced \e.va.lɥe\. évaluées is at rank #26,591, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.va.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 43910, this pair ranks #214,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of évaluée vs évaluées

Shared letters: aeluvé. Private to "évaluée": -. Private to "évaluées": s.

"évaluée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVV  ·  "évaluées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "évaluée" and "évaluées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\e.va.lɥe\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
In ordinary French text, does "évaluée" or "évaluées" show up more?
"évaluée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,319 in our French list, against #26,591 for "évaluées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "évaluée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évaluées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #214,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évaluée" and "évaluées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évaluées vs évoluées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #214,431 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