evidently
/ˈɛvɪdəntli/adverb
evidently is spelled E-V-I-D-E-N-T-L-Y. The wrong spelling people search most is evidentally: about 40 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 14 of all searches for the word. Evidently is an adverb meaning “In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred”.
How many letters and syllables are in evidently?
| Letters | 9: E-V-I-D-E-N-T-L-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 4.0 times per million words; the 12,940th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, evidentally, about 40 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell evidently?
Evidently is spelled E-V-I-D-E-N-T-L-Y. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 14 of the searches for evidently in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is evidently?
Evidently appears 4.0 times per million words in written English, the 12,940th 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 evidently?
- UK /ˈɛvɪdəntli/
- US /ˈɛvɪdəntli/
- US /ˌɛvɪˈdɛntli/
Evidently has 4 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-evidently.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of evidently
- more evidently comparative
- most evidently superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does evidently mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adverb
- 1
In a manner which makes the fact or conclusion evident; obviously; as may be clearly inferred.
- 2
obsoleteIn such a way as to be clearly visible or manifest; distinctly, clearly.
- 3
proscribedApparently.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Evidently in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense obviously:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | évidemment, de toute évidence, manifestement |
| German | offensichtlich |
| Portuguese | evidentemente |
| Spanish | evidentemente, a ojos vistas |
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 evidently come from?
From Middle English evidently, evydently; equivalent to evident + -ly.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).