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Which to use

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

#862
“éviter” frequency rank
#16,524
“évitera” frequency rank
17386
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature éviter évitera
Definition Échapper, se soustraire à quelque chose de nuisible, de désagréable. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de éviter.

Where the eye mixes éviter and évitera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. éviter runs 6 letters (VCVCVC) against évitera's 7 (VCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
éviter
7 ch
évitera

Why the eye confuses éviter with évitera

A purely visual mix-up. éviter (\e.vi.te\) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “éviter” sits inside “évitera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17386, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

éviter is recorded at frequency rank #862, classified as averb, 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 17386, this pair ranks #383,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of éviter vs évitera

Shared letters: eirtvé. Private to "éviter": -. Private to "évitera": a.

"éviter" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC  ·  "évitera" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "éviter" and "évitera" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\e.vi.te\ 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, "éviter" or "évitera"?
"éviter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #862 in our French list, against #16,524 for "évitera". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "éviter" 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 #383,432 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "éviter" and "évitera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évitées vs évitera". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #383,432 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