évaluéesvsévoluéeTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#26,591
“évaluées” frequency rank
#36,222
“évoluée” frequency rank
62813
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes évaluées and évoluée

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

8 ch
évaluées
7 ch
évoluée

Why the eye confuses évaluées with évoluée

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: évaluées is \e.va.lɥe\ while évoluée 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 62813, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

évaluées is recorded at frequency rank #26,591, 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 62813, this pair ranks #85,161 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of évaluées vs évoluée

Shared letters: eluvé. Private to "évaluées": as. Private to "évoluée": o.

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "évaluées" for "évoluée" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "évaluées" is a verb and "évoluée" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "évaluées" or "évoluée" show up more?
"évaluées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,591 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.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "évaluées" 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 #85,161 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évaluées" and "évoluée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évoluée vs évoluées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #85,161 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