évitéesvséviterWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#44,833
“évitées” frequency rank
#862
“éviter” frequency rank
45695
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évitées éviter
Definition Pluriel de évitée. Échapper, se soustraire à quelque chose de nuisible, de désagréable.

Same sound, different letters: évitées vs éviter

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. évitées runs 7 letters (VCVCVVC) against éviter's 6 (VCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
évitées
6 ch
éviter

Ear matches; page differs - évitées and éviter

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: évitées and éviter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \e.vi.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 45695, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

évitées is recorded at frequency rank #44,833, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.vi.te\. éviter is at rank #862, tagged as averb, 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 45695, this pair ranks #200,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of évitées vs éviter

Shared letters: eitvé. Private to "évitées": s. Private to "éviter": r.

"évitées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC  ·  "éviter" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "évitées" and "éviter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "évitées" is a noun and "éviter" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "évitées" vs "éviter" - which ranks higher?
"éviter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #862 in our French list, against #44,833 for "évitées". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

"évitées" and "éviter" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "évitées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "éviter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #200,743 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évitées" and "éviter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éditées vs évitées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #200,743 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