# evidence

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns/ · frequency rank #746

## Definitions
1. Facts or observations presented in support of an assertion.
2. Anything admitted by a court to prove or disprove alleged matters of fact in a trial.
3. One who bears witness.
4. A body of objectively verifiable facts that are positively indicative of, and/or exclusively concordant with, that one conclusion over any other.

## Etymology
From Middle English evidence, from Old French [Term?], from Latin evidentia (“clearness, in Late Latin a proof”), from evidens (“clear, evident”); see evident.

## Easily confused with
- **evident** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/evidence-vs-evident)
- **eminence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eminence-vs-evidence)

## Common misspellings (12)
`eivdence`, `evdience`, `evidance`, `eviddence`, `evidecne`, `evidencce`, `evidenec`, `evidennce`, `evidnece`, `eviednce`, `evvidence`, `veidence`

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