Which to use
“évitée” and “excitée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,316
- “évitée” frequency rank
- #19,537
- “excitée” frequency rank
- 50853
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | évitée | excitée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’un navire qui se meut pour éviter. | Femme excitée. |
Where the eye mixes évitée and excitée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. évitée runs 6 letters (VCVCVV) against excitée's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between évitée and excitée
A purely visual mix-up. évitée (\e.vi.te\) and excitée (\ɛk.si.te\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50853, 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\. excitée is at rank #19,537, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛk.si.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 50853, this pair ranks #159,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of évitée vs excitée
Shared letters: eité. Private to "évitée": v. Private to "excitée": cx.
"évitée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "excitée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "évitée" for "excitée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "évitée" vs "excitée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "évitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excitée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #159,426 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "évitée" and "excitée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évitée vs exilée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #159,426 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.