évident
\e.vi.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“évident” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,604. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #2,604
- frequency rank, French
- 1,805
- “É” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont le sens s’impose naturellement à l’esprit, qui a le caractère de l’évidence.
Corpus desk
Index FR-evident · évident · French
évident · rank #2,604 · 11 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #2,604
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,805
- PHOTO-FINISH vivent
Nearest frequency peer: vivent (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “évident”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- touché
touché
97,400 corpus weight
- USA
USA
97,399 corpus weight
- vivent
vivent
97,398 corpus weight
- évident
évident
97,397 corpus weight
- acquis
acquis
97,396 corpus weight
- actif
actif
97,395 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “évident” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | évident |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \e.vi.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #2,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “évident” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around évident (IPA \e.vi.dɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #2,604 among 1,805 “É” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Dont le sens s’impose naturellement à l’esprit, qui a le caractère de l’évidence.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for évident, with forms such as "evident", "véident", and "éivdent". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "exigent", "évitant", "évitent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is évident, spelled É-V-I-D-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Dont le sens s’impose naturellement à l’esprit, qui a le caractère de l’évidence.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how évident appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Les autres convives européens ou asiatiques sont installés passim, avec l’évidente intention de faire honneur à ce repas.
En fait, dès 1865, il est évident que le penseur en chef du futur mouvement communiste international est embarqué dans une psychose économétrique de type thorézien.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- evident
- véident
- éivdent
- évdient
- éviddent
- évidennt
- évidentt
- évidetn
- évidnet
- éviednt
- évvident
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of évident - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "évident", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "évident". Here's where to go from here.
- "évident" maps to 11 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "exigent". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #2,604 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "É" letter cohort. É–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.