évoluéevsévoquéesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: évoluée is a adjective, évoquées is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“évoluée” is an adjective and “évoquées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#36,222
“évoluée” frequency rank
#21,217
“évoquées” frequency rank
57439
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évoluée évoquées
Definition Féminin singulier de évolué. Participe passé féminin pluriel de évoquer.

Where the eye mixes évoluée and évoquées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. évoluée runs 7 letters (VCVCVVV) against évoquées's 8 (VCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
évoluée
8 ch
évoquées

Visual trap between évoluée and évoquées

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: évoluée is \e.vɔ.lɥe\ while évoquées is \e.vɔ.ke\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

évoluée is recorded at frequency rank #36,222, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.vɔ.lɥe\. évoquées is at rank #21,217, tagged as averb, pronounced \e.vɔ.ke\.

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 57439, this pair ranks #115,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of évoluée vs évoquées

Shared letters: eouvé. Private to "évoluée": l. Private to "évoquées": qs.

"évoluée" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVVV  ·  "évoquées" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "évoluée" for "évoquées" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "évoluée" is an adjective and "évoquées" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "évoluée" or "évoquées"?
"évoquées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,217 in our French list, against #36,222 for "évoluée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "évoluée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évoquées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #115,042 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évoluée" and "évoquées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "évoluée vs évoluées". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #115,042 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