eminentevsevidenteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“eminente” and “evidente” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#29,184
“eminente” frequency rank
#2,773
“evidente” frequency rank
31957
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature eminente evidente
Definition Que sobresale por encima del grupo en el que se encuentra. Sin la menor duda.

Where the eye mixes eminente and evidente

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
eminente
8 ch
evidente

Visual trap between eminente and evidente

A purely visual mix-up. eminente ([emiˈnẽn̪t̪e]) and evidente ([eβ̞iˈð̞ẽn̪t̪e]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31957, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

eminente is recorded at frequency rank #29,184, classified as anadj, pronounced [emiˈnẽn̪t̪e]. evidente is at rank #2,773, tagged as anadj, pronounced [eβ̞iˈð̞ẽn̪t̪e].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 31957, this pair ranks #204,444 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of eminente vs evidente

Shared letters: eint. Private to "eminente": m. Private to "evidente": dv.

"eminente" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV  ·  "evidente" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • eminenteeimnente · emiennte · eminenet · eminennte · eminentte · eminetne · eminnente · eminnete
  • evidenteebidente · eivdente · evdiente · eviddente · evidenet · evidennte · evidentte · evidetne

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "eminente" and "evidente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([emiˈnẽn̪t̪e] versus [eβ̞iˈð̞ẽn̪t̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "eminente" or "evidente" show up more?
"evidente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,773 in our Spanish list, against #29,184 for "eminente". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "eminente" and "evidente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "eminente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "evidente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #204,444 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "eminente" and "evidente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "eminente vs eminentes". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #204,444 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list