Which to use
“évitent” and “excitent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,330
- “évitent” frequency rank
- #41,784
- “excitent” frequency rank
- 62114
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | évitent | excitent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de éviter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exciter. |
Where the eye mixes évitent and excitent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between évitent and excitent
A purely visual mix-up. évitent (\e.vit\) and excitent (\ɛk.sit\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62114, 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\. excitent is at rank #41,784, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.sit\.
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 62114, this pair ranks #88,755 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of évitent vs excitent
Shared letters: eint. Private to "évitent": vé. Private to "excitent": cx.
"évitent" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC · "excitent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- excitent ← ecxitent · exccitent · excietnt · excitennt · excitentt · excitetn · excitnet · excittent
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "évitent" for "excitent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "évitent" or "excitent"?
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 "excitent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,755 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "évitent" and "excitent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excitants vs excitent". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #88,755 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.