Which to use
“éviter” and “exciter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #862
- “éviter” frequency rank
- #18,741
- “exciter” frequency rank
- 19603
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | éviter | exciter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Échapper, se soustraire à quelque chose de nuisible, de désagréable. | Engager ; porter à. |
Where the eye mixes éviter and exciter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: éviter vs exciter
A purely visual mix-up. éviter (\e.vi.te\) and exciter (\ɛk.si.te\) 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 19603, 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\. exciter is at rank #18,741, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛk.si.te\.
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 19603, this pair ranks #372,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of éviter vs exciter
Shared letters: eirt. Private to "éviter": vé. Private to "exciter": cx.
"éviter" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC · "exciter" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- exciter ← ecxiter · excciter · excietr · exciterr · excitre · excitter · exctier · exicter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "éviter" for "exciter" ever safe?
Which is more common, "éviter" or "exciter"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "éviter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exciter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #372,445 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "éviter" and "exciter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exciter vs Exeter". 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 #372,445 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.