Which to use
“évitait” is a verb and “évitant” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,615
- “évitait” frequency rank
- #11,332
- “évitant” frequency rank
- 52947
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | évitait | évitant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de éviter. | Relatif à une personnalité prudente et timide, qui fuit les relations avec les autres de peur de leur paraître inférieure. |
Where the eye mixes évitait and évitant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. évitait (VCVCVVC) and évitant (VCVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: évitait vs évitant
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: évitait is \e.vi.tɛ\ while évitant is \e.vi.tɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - i in “évitait” becomes n in “évitant”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52947, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
évitait is recorded at frequency rank #41,615, classified as averb, pronounced \e.vi.tɛ\. évitant is at rank #11,332, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.vi.tɑ̃\.
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 52947, this pair ranks #144,169 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of évitait vs évitant
Shared letters: aitvé. Private to "évitait": -. Private to "évitant": n.
"évitait" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC · "évitant" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "évitait" and "évitant" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "évitait" or "évitant" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "évitait" and "évitant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "évitait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "évitant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #144,169 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "évitait" and "évitant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évitait vs éviterait". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #144,169 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.