evravsEzraWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: evra is a noun, Ezra is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“evra” is a noun and “Ezra” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#34,091
“evra” frequency rank
#26,726
“Ezra” frequency rank
60817
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature evra Ezra
Definition Euro. Prénom masculin.

Letter map: evra vs Ezra

Shared letters muted; letters that set evra and Ezra apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
evra
4 ch
Ezra

Part-of-speech tell for evra / Ezra

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: evra is anoun and Ezraaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - v in “evra” becomes z in “Ezra”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60817, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

evra is recorded at frequency rank #34,091, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ.vra\. Ezra is at rank #26,726, tagged as aname.

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 60817, this pair ranks #95,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of evra vs Ezra

Shared letters: aer. Private to "evra": v. Private to "Ezra": z.

"evra" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "Ezra" · 4 letters · shape VCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • evraerva · evar · evvra
  • Ezraerza · ezar · ezrra · ezzra · zera

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "evra" for "Ezra" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "evra" is a noun and "Ezra" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "evra" or "Ezra" show up more?
"Ezra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #26,726 in our French list, against #34,091 for "evra". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "evra" and "Ezra".

  • Full dictionary entry for "evra" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Ezra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #95,607 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "evra" and "Ezra" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Enora vs evra". 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 #95,607 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