evince
/iˈvɪns/
"evince" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“evince” is uncommon English (frequency #97,004 among 2,246 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,004
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.
Corpus desk
Index EN-evince · evince · English
evince · rank #97,004 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #97,004
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH ethnologist
Nearest frequency peer: ethnologist (-2 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “evince”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- ephedra
ephedra
3,003 corpus weight
- erd
erd
3,002 corpus weight
- ethnologist
ethnologist
2,999 corpus weight
- evince
evince
2,997 corpus weight
- excitingly
excitingly
2,995 corpus weight
- explicable
explicable
2,992 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “evince” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | evince |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /iˈvɪns/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #97,004 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “evince” in English
Rare enough to double-check
evince is uncommon English at frequency #97,004 among 2,246 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /iˈvɪns/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for evince, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French évincer, from Latin ēvincō (“conquer entirely, prevail over; prove exhaustively”), from ē- (short form of ex- (intensive prefix)) + vincō (“conquer”). Doublet of evict. The correct English form is evince, spelled E-V-I-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1To show or demonstrate clearly; to manifest.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how evince appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
For You will find in the Progress of our Dispute, that I had some reason to question the very way of Probation imploy'd both by Peripateticks and Chymists, to evince the being and number of the Elements.
Common sense and experience will and must evince the truth of this.
Etymology
From Middle French évincer, from Latin ēvincō (“conquer entirely, prevail over; prove exhaustively”), from ē- (short form of ex- (intensive prefix)) + vincō (“conquer”). Doublet of evict.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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