évitéesvséviterWhat's the difference?

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.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set évitées and éviter apart are highlighted. They share 5 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch
évitées
6 ch
éviter

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

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

Frequency comparison

évitées#44,833
éviter#862

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "évitées" and "éviter" be used interchangeably?
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.
Which is more common, "évitées" or "éviter"?
"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.

Remembering évitées vs éviter

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “évitées”; for a verb, it's “éviter”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “évitées” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list