Which to use
“évitait” and “éviterait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,615
- “évitait” frequency rank
- #33,951
- “éviterait” frequency rank
- 75566
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | évitait | éviterait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de éviter. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de éviter. |
Where the eye mixes évitait and éviterait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. évitait runs 7 letters (VCVCVVC) against éviterait's 9 (VCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: évitait vs éviterait
A purely visual mix-up. évitait (\e.vi.tɛ\) and éviterait (\e.vi.tə.ʁɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75566, 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\. éviterait is at rank #33,951, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.vi.tə.ʁɛ\.
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 75566, this pair ranks #33,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of évitait vs éviterait
Shared letters: aitvé. Private to "évitait": -. Private to "éviterait": er.
"évitait" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC · "éviterait" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "évitait" for "éviterait" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "évitait" or "éviterait" show up more?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "évitait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "éviterait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,688 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "évitait" and "éviterait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évitait vs évitent". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #33,688 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.