Which to use
“évident” and “évidents” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,604
- “évident” frequency rank
- #22,467
- “évidents” frequency rank
- 25071
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | évident | évidents |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dont le sens s’impose naturellement à l’esprit, qui a le caractère de l’évidence. | Masculin pluriel de évident. |
Same sound, different letters: évident vs évidents
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. évident runs 7 letters (VCVCVCC) against évidents's 8 (VCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - évident / évidents
This is the hard kind. évident and évidents are pronounced identically (\e.vi.dɑ̃\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “évident” sits inside “évidents”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25071, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
évident is recorded at frequency rank #2,604, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.vi.dɑ̃\. évidents is at rank #22,467, 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 25071, this pair ranks #342,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of évident vs évidents
Shared letters: deintvé. Private to "évident": -. Private to "évidents": s.
"évident" · 7 letters · shape VCVCVCC · "évidents" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "évident" and "évidents" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "évident" vs "évidents" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "évident" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "évidents" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #342,964 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "évident" and "évidents" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "evidence vs évidents". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #342,964 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.