évitéevséviteraWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: évitée is a noun, évitera is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“évitée” is a noun and “évitera” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,316
“évitée” frequency rank
#16,524
“évitera” frequency rank
47840
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évitée évitera
Definition Action d’un navire qui se meut pour éviter. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de éviter.

Where the eye mixes évitée and évitera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. évitée runs 6 letters (VCVCVV) against évitera's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
évitée
7 ch
évitera

Look-alike desk: évitée vs évitera

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: évitée is \e.vi.te\ while évitera is \e.vi.tə.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47840, 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\. évitera is at rank #16,524, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.vi.tə.ʁa\.

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 47840, this pair ranks #183,725 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of évitée vs évitera

Shared letters: eitvé. Private to "évitée": -. Private to "évitera": ar.

"évitée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV  ·  "évitera" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "évitée" and "évitera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "évitée" is a noun and "évitera" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "évitée" or "évitera"?
"évitera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,524 in our French list, against #31,316 for "évitée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "évitée" and "évitera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "évitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évitera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #183,725 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évitée" and "évitera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évitée vs exilée". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #183,725 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