Which to use
“éveil” is a noun and “éveillé” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,834
- “éveil” frequency rank
- #14,835
- “éveillé” frequency rank
- 29669
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | éveil | éveillé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’éveiller ou de s’éveiller. | Qui a cessé de dormir, qu'on a tiré du sommeil. |
Where the eye mixes éveil and éveillé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. éveil runs 5 letters (VCVVC) against éveillé's 7 (VCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: éveil vs éveillé
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: éveil is \e.vɛj\ while éveillé is \e.vɛ.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “éveil” sits inside “éveillé”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29669, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
éveil is recorded at frequency rank #14,834, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.vɛj\. éveillé is at rank #14,835, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.vɛ.je\.
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 29669, this pair ranks #315,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of éveil vs éveillé
Shared letters: eilvé. Private to "éveil": -. Private to "éveillé": -.
"éveil" · 5 letters · shape VCVVC · "éveillé" · 7 letters · shape VCVVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "éveil" and "éveillé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "éveil" vs "éveillé" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "éveil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "éveillé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #315,237 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "éveil" and "éveillé" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "écaille vs éveillé". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #315,237 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.