# event

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪˈvɛnt/ · frequency rank #673

## Definitions
1. An occurrence; something that happens.
2. A prearranged social activity (function, etc.)
3. One of several contests that combine to make up a competition.
4. An end result; an outcome (now chiefly in phrases).
5. A remarkable person.
6. A point in spacetime having three spatial coordinates and one temporal coordinate.
7. A possible action that the user can perform that is monitored by an application or the operating system (event listener). When an event occurs an event handler is called which performs a specific task.
8. A set of some of the possible outcomes; a subset of the sample space.
9. An affair in hand; business; enterprise.
10. An episode of severe health conditions.

## Etymology
From Middle French event, from Latin ēventus (“an event, occurrence”), from ēveniō (“to happen, to fall out, to come out”), from ē (“out of, from”), short form of ex + veniō (“come”); related to venture, advent, convent, invent, convene, evene, etc.

## Easily confused with
- **ever** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/event-vs-ever)
- **every** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/event-vs-every)
- **exert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/event-vs-exert)
- **evict** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/event-vs-evict)
- **Evers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/event-vs-evers)
- **events** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/event-vs-events)
- **extent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/event-vs-extent)
- **evident** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/event-vs-evident)
- **eve** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eve-vs-event)
- **een** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/een-vs-event)
- **even** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/even-vs-event)
- **Eden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eden-vs-event)
- **Evan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evan-vs-event)
- **Eben** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eben-vs-event)
- **Evans** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evans-vs-event)
- **elect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elect-vs-event)
- **Elena** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/elena-vs-event)
- **erect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/erect-vs-event)
- **eject** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eject-vs-event)
- **Ebert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ebert-vs-event)

## Common misspellings (7)
`eevnt`, `evennt`, `eventt`, `evetn`, `evnet`, `evvent`, `veent`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/event