évaluéevsévoluéeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: évaluée is a verb, évoluée is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“évaluée” is a verb and “évoluée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#17,319
“évaluée” frequency rank
#36,222
“évoluée” frequency rank
53541
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évaluée évoluée
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de évaluer. Féminin singulier de évolué.

Where the eye mixes évaluée and évoluée

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. évaluée and évoluée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
évaluée
7 ch
évoluée

Look-alike desk: évaluée vs évoluée

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: évaluée is \e.va.lɥe\ while évoluée is \e.vɔ.lɥe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - a in “évaluée” becomes o in “évoluée”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53541, 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\. évoluée is at rank #36,222, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.vɔ.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 53541, this pair ranks #140,026 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of évaluée vs évoluée

Shared letters: eluvé. Private to "évaluée": a. Private to "évoluée": o.

"évaluée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVV  ·  "évoluée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "évaluée" and "évoluée" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "évaluée" is a verb and "évoluée" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "évaluée" or "évoluée"?
"évaluée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,319 in our French list, against #36,222 for "évoluée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "évaluée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évoluée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #140,026 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évaluée" and "évoluée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évoluée vs évoluées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #140,026 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