Which to use
“éviter” and “évites” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #862
- “éviter” frequency rank
- #31,315
- “évites” frequency rank
- 32177
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | éviter | évites |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Échapper, se soustraire à quelque chose de nuisible, de désagréable. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de éviter. |
Where the eye mixes éviter and évites
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. éviter and évites follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between éviter and évites
A purely visual mix-up. éviter (\e.vi.te\) and évites (\e.vit\) 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 a single letter - r in “éviter” becomes s in “évites”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32177, 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\. évites is at rank #31,315, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.vit\.
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 32177, this pair ranks #298,988 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of éviter vs évites
Shared letters: eitvé. Private to "éviter": r. Private to "évites": s.
"éviter" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "évites" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "éviter" for "évites" ever safe?
Frequency check: "éviter" vs "évites" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "éviter" and "évites" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "éviter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "évites" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #298,988 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "éviter" and "évites" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "édits vs évites". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #298,988 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.