Which to use
“evidence” is a noun and “évidente” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #32,402
- “evidence” frequency rank
- #8,060
- “évidente” frequency rank
- 40462
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | evidence | évidente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Donnée en faveur d'une certaine hypothèse ; preuve (dans un sens faible, très relatif) | Féminin singulier de évident. |
Where the eye mixes evidence and évidente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. evidence and évidente follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses evidence with évidente
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: evidence is \ˈɛv.ɪ.dəns\ while évidente is \e.vi.dɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40462, 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\. 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 40462, this pair ranks #240,313 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of evidence vs évidente
Shared letters: deinv. Private to "evidence": c. Private to "évidente": té.
"evidence" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV · "évidente" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- evidence ← eivdence · evdience · eviddence · evidecne · evidencce · evidenec · evidennce · evidnece
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "evidence" and "évidente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "evidence" vs "évidente" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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 "évidente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,313 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "evidence" and "évidente" 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 #240,313 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.