évitentvséviteraTell them apart

Which to use

“évitent” and “évitera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,330
“évitent” frequency rank
#16,524
“évitera” frequency rank
36854
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évitent évitera
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de éviter. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de éviter.

Where the eye mixes évitent and évitera

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

7 ch
évitent
7 ch
évitera

Visual trap between évitent and évitera

A purely visual mix-up. évitent (\e.vit\) and évitera (\e.vi.tə.ʁa\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36854, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

évitent is recorded at frequency rank #20,330, classified as averb, pronounced \e.vit\. 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 36854, this pair ranks #266,680 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of évitent vs évitera

Shared letters: eitvé. Private to "évitent": n. Private to "évitera": ar.

"évitent" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC  ·  "évitera" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "évitent" for "évitera" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\e.vit\ versus \e.vi.tə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "évitent" or "évitera"?
"évitera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,524 in our French list, against #20,330 for "évitent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "évitent" 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 #266,680 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évitent" and "évitera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envient vs évitent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #266,680 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