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

#8,060
“évidente” frequency rank
#16,284
“évidentes” frequency rank
24344
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature évidente évidentes
Definition Féminin singulier de évident. Féminin pluriel de évident.

Same sound, different letters: évidente vs évidentes

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. évidente runs 8 letters (VCVCVCCV) against évidentes's 9 (VCVCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
évidente
9 ch
évidentes

Homophone desk: évidente vs évidentes

This is the hard kind. évidente and évidentes are pronounced identically (\e.vi.dɑ̃t\) 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) - “évidente” sits inside “évidentes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24344, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

évidente is recorded at frequency rank #8,060, classified as anadj, pronounced \e.vi.dɑ̃t\. 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 24344, this pair ranks #347,148 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of évidente vs évidentes

Shared letters: deintvé. Private to "évidente": -. Private to "évidentes": s.

"évidente" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV  ·  "évidentes" · 9 letters · shape VCVCVCCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "évidente" and "évidentes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\e.vi.dɑ̃t\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "évidente" vs "évidentes" - which ranks higher?
"évidente" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,060 in our French list, against #16,284 for "évidentes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

"évidente" and "évidentes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "évidente" 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 #347,148 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "évidente" and "évidentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "éminente vs évidente". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #347,148 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