évitéesvséviteraConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#44,833
“évitées” frequency rank
#16,524
“évitera” frequency rank
61357
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évitées évitera
Definition Pluriel de évitée. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de éviter.

Where the eye mixes évitées and évitera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. évitées (VCVCVVC) and évitera (VCVCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
évitées
7 ch
évitera

Visual trap between évitées and évitera

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: évitées is \e.vi.te\ while évitera is \e.vi.tə.ʁa\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61357, 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\. 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 61357, this pair ranks #92,705 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of évitées vs évitera

Shared letters: eitvé. Private to "évitées": s. Private to "évitera": ar.

"évitées" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVC  ·  "évitera" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "évitées" for "évitera" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "évitées" is a noun and "évitera" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "évitées" or "évitera"?
"évitera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,524 in our French list, against #44,833 for "évitées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "évitées" 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 #92,705 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évitées" and "évitera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éditées vs évitées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #92,705 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