évidencesvsévidentesTell them apart

Quick tell: évidences is a noun, évidentes is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“évidences” is a noun and “évidentes” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,880
“évidences” frequency rank
#16,284
“évidentes” frequency rank
47164
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évidences évidentes
Definition Pluriel de évidence. Féminin pluriel de évident.

Where the eye mixes évidences and évidentes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. évidences and évidentes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
évidences
9 ch
évidentes

Why the eye confuses évidences with évidentes

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: évidences is \e.vi.dɑ̃s\ while évidentes is \e.vi.dɑ̃t\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - c in “évidences” becomes t in “évidentes”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47164, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

évidences is recorded at frequency rank #30,880, classified as anoun, pronounced \e.vi.dɑ̃s\. évidentes is at rank #16,284, 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 47164, this pair ranks #189,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of évidences vs évidentes

Shared letters: deinsvé. Private to "évidences": c. Private to "évidentes": t.

"évidences" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC  ·  "évidentes" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "évidences" for "évidentes" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "évidences" is a noun and "évidentes" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "évidences" or "évidentes"?
"évidentes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,284 in our French list, against #30,880 for "évidences". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "évidences" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "évidentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #189,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évidences" and "évidentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "evidence vs évidences". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #189,073 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