Which to use
“évitée” and “évitées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,316
- “évitée” frequency rank
- #44,833
- “évitées” frequency rank
- 76149
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | évitée | évitées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’un navire qui se meut pour éviter. | Pluriel de évitée. |
Same sound, different letters: évitée vs évitées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. évitée runs 6 letters (VCVCVV) against évitées's 7 (VCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - évitée and évitées
This is the hard kind. évitée and évitées are pronounced identically (\e.vi.te\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “évitée” sits inside “évitées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76149, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
évitée is recorded at frequency rank #31,316, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.vi.te\. évitées is at rank #44,833, tagged as anoun, pronounced \e.vi.te\.
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 76149, this pair ranks #31,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of évitée vs évitées
Shared letters: eitvé. Private to "évitée": -. Private to "évitées": s.
"évitée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "évitées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "évitée" for "évitées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "évitée" vs "évitées" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "évitée" / "évitées". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "évitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "évitées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,960 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "évitée" and "évitées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éditées vs évitées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #31,960 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.