éminentevsévidenteWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“éminente” and “évidente” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,275
“éminente” frequency rank
#8,060
“évidente” frequency rank
52335
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature éminente évidente
Definition Féminin singulier de éminent. Féminin singulier de évident.

Where the eye mixes éminente and évidente

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. éminente and évidente follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
éminente
8 ch
évidente

Visual trap between éminente and évidente

A purely visual mix-up. éminente (\e.mi.nɑ̃t\) and évidente (\e.vi.dɑ̃t\) 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 52335, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

éminente is recorded at frequency rank #44,275, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.mi.nɑ̃t\. évidente is at rank #8,060, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.vi.dɑ̃t\.

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 52335, this pair ranks #148,439 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of éminente vs évidente

Shared letters: einté. Private to "éminente": m. Private to "évidente": dv.

"éminente" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV  ·  "évidente" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "éminente" and "évidente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\e.mi.nɑ̃t\ versus \e.vi.dɑ̃t\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "éminente" or "évidente" show up more?
"évidente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,060 in our French list, against #44,275 for "éminente". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "éminente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évidente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #148,439 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "éminente" and "évidente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "émanent vs éminente". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #148,439 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list