évaluéevsévoluéesTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#17,319
“évaluée” frequency rank
#49,451
“évoluées” frequency rank
66770
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes évaluée and évoluées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. évaluée runs 7 letters (VCVCVVV) against évoluées's 8 (VCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
évaluée
8 ch
évoluées

Visual trap between évaluée and évoluées

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: évaluée is \e.va.lɥe\ while évoluées is \e.vɔ.lɥe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66770, 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\. évoluées is at rank #49,451, 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 66770, this pair ranks #66,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of évaluée vs évoluées

Shared letters: eluvé. Private to "évaluée": a. Private to "évoluées": os.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "évaluée" for "évoluées" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "évaluée" is a verb and "évoluées" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "évaluée" or "évoluées" show up more?
"évaluée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,319 in our French list, against #49,451 for "évoluées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "évaluée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évoluées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #66,316 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évaluée" and "évoluées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envolées vs évoluées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #66,316 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