Which to use
“évoluait” and “excluait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,827
- “évoluait” frequency rank
- #45,028
- “excluait” frequency rank
- 66855
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | évoluait | excluait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de évoluer. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de exclure. |
Where the eye mixes évoluait and excluait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. évoluait (VCVCVVVC) and excluait (VCCCVVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between évoluait and excluait
A purely visual mix-up. évoluait (\e.vɔ.lɥɛ\) and excluait (\ɛks.kly.ɛ\) 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 66855, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
évoluait is recorded at frequency rank #21,827, classified as averb, pronounced \e.vɔ.lɥɛ\. excluait is at rank #45,028, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛks.kly.ɛ\.
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 66855, this pair ranks #65,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of évoluait vs excluait
Shared letters: ailtu. Private to "évoluait": ové. Private to "excluait": cex.
"évoluait" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVVC · "excluait" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- excluait ← ecxluait · exccluait · exclauit · exclluait · excluaitt · excluati · excluiat · exculait
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "évoluait" and "excluait" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "évoluait" or "excluait"?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "évoluait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "excluait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,974 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "évoluait" and "excluait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excluait vs excluent". 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 #65,974 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.