evident
ev·i·dent/ˈɛv.ə.dənt/adjective
evident is spelled E-V-I-D-E-N-T: 7 letters and 3 syllables (ev·i·dent). It appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, evident means “Obviously true by simple observation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in evident?
| Letters | 7: E-V-I-D-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3: ev·i·dent |
| In writing | 9.8 times per million words; the 7,224th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is evident?
Evident appears 9.8 times per million words in written English, the 7,224th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce evident?
- UK /ˈɛv.ɪ.dənt/
- US /ˈɛv.ə.dənt/
Evident has 3 syllables, split ev·i·dent in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-evident.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of evident
- more evident comparative
- most evident superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does evident mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Obviously true by simple observation.
It was evident she was angry, after she slammed the door.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Evident in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense obviously true:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | évident |
| German | offenkundig |
| Portuguese | evidente |
| Spanish | evidente, constatable |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does evident come from?
From Middle English evident, from Old French evident, from Latin ēvidēns (“visible, apparent, clear, plain”) (compare Late Latin ēvideor (“to appear plainly”)), from ē (“out”) + videō (“see”), present participle vidēns, deponent videor (“to appear, seem”). Displaced native Old English sweotol.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).