évanouivsévanouieWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#37,624
“évanoui” frequency rank
#40,569
“évanouie” frequency rank
78193
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évanoui évanouie
Definition Participe passé masculin singulier du verbe évanouir. Féminin singulier de évanoui.

Same sound, different letters: évanoui vs évanouie

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

7 ch
évanoui
8 ch
évanouie

Ear matches; page differs - évanoui and évanouie

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: évanoui and évanouie carry the same recorded pronunciation, \e.va.nwi\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “évanoui” sits inside “évanouie”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 78193, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

évanoui is recorded at frequency rank #37,624, classified as averb, pronounced \e.va.nwi\. évanouie is at rank #40,569, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.va.nwi\.

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 78193, this pair ranks #26,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of évanoui vs évanouie

Shared letters: ainouvé. Private to "évanoui": -. Private to "évanouie": e.

"évanoui" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVV  ·  "évanouie" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "évanoui" and "évanouie" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "évanoui" is a verb and "évanouie" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "évanoui" or "évanouie" show up more?
"évanoui" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,624 in our French list, against #40,569 for "évanouie". 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 "évanoui" / "évanouie". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "évanoui" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évanouie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #26,380 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évanoui" and "évanouie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "épanouit vs évanouie". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #26,380 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