evidentiality
/ˌɛ.vɪˌdɛn.ʃiˈælɪti/noun
evidentiality is spelled E-V-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L-I-T-Y: 13 letters. It appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, evidentiality means “The encoding into a language of the source of information being communicated, so as to distinguish (for example) hearsay from something actually…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of evidentiality is evidentialities.
How many letters and syllables are in evidentiality?
| Letters | 13: E-V-I-D-E-N-T-I-A-L-I-T-Y |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 74 million words; the 272,462nd 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 evidentiality?
Evidentiality appears about once in every 74 million words in written English, the 272,462nd 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 evidentiality?
- /ˌɛ.vɪˌdɛn.ʃiˈælɪti/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of evidentiality
- evidentialities plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does evidentiality mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The encoding into a language of the source of information being communicated, so as to distinguish (for example) hearsay from something actually witnessed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Evidentiality in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense encoding:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | evidencialidade |
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 evidentiality come from?
From evidential + -ity.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).