Which to use
“evidence” is a noun and “évident” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,402
- “evidence” frequency rank
- #2,604
- “évident” frequency rank
- 35006
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | evidence | évident |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Donnée en faveur d'une certaine hypothèse ; preuve (dans un sens faible, très relatif) | Dont le sens s’impose naturellement à l’esprit, qui a le caractère de l’évidence. |
Where the eye mixes evidence and évident
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. evidence runs 8 letters (VCVCVCCV) against évident's 7 (VCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: evidence vs évident
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: evidence is \ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns\ while évident is \e.vi.dɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
evidence is recorded at frequency rank #32,402, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns\. évident is at rank #2,604, tagged as anadj, pronounced \e.vi.dɑ̃\.
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 35006, this pair ranks #279,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of evidence vs évident
Shared letters: deinv. Private to "evidence": c. Private to "évident": té.
"evidence" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV · "évident" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- evidence ← eivdence · evdience · eviddence · evidecne · evidencce · evidenec · evidennce · evidnece
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "evidence" and "évident" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "evidence" or "évident"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "evidence" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "évident" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #279,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "evidence" and "évident" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "evidence vs évidences". 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 #279,844 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.