Which to use
“évitent” and “exigent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,330
- “évitent” frequency rank
- #11,045
- “exigent” frequency rank
- 31375
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | évitent | exigent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de éviter. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de exiger. |
Where the eye mixes évitent and exigent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: évitent vs exigent
A purely visual mix-up. évitent (\e.vit\) and exigent (\ɛɡ.ziʒ\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31375, 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\. exigent is at rank #11,045, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛɡ.ziʒ\.
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 31375, this pair ranks #304,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of évitent vs exigent
Shared letters: eint. Private to "évitent": vé. Private to "exigent": gx.
"évitent" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC · "exigent" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exigent ← eixgent · exgient · exiegnt · exigennt · exigentt · exigetn · exiggent · exignet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "évitent" and "exigent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "évitent" or "exigent" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "évitent" and "exigent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "évitent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exigent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #304,189 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "évitent" and "exigent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envient vs évitent". 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 #304,189 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.