Which to use
“évitée” and “exilée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,316
- “évitée” frequency rank
- #45,601
- “exilée” frequency rank
- 76917
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | évitée | exilée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’un navire qui se meut pour éviter. | Femme exilée. |
Where the eye mixes évitée and exilée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. évitée and exilée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses évitée with exilée
A purely visual mix-up. évitée (\e.vi.te\) and exilée (\ɛɡ.zi.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76917, 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\. exilée is at rank #45,601, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛɡ.zi.le\.
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 76917, this pair ranks #29,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of évitée vs exilée
Shared letters: eié. Private to "évitée": tv. Private to "exilée": lx.
"évitée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV · "exilée" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "évitée" and "exilée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "évitée" or "exilée"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "évitée" and "exilée" 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 "exilée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,831 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "évitée" and "exilée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigez vs exilée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #29,831 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.