evidence

//ˈɛvɪdəns/; /ˈɛvədəns/; [ˈɛvəɾəns]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#28,195

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

evidence is aPortuguesenoun. It means: evidência Pronounced /ˈɛvɪdəns/; /ˈɛvədəns/; [ˈɛvəɾəns]. Often confused with evidente and evidência.

Key facts for evidence
PropertyValue
Headwordevidence
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ˈɛvɪdəns/; /ˈɛvədəns/; [ˈɛvəɾəns]
Letters8
Frequency rank#28,195
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of evidence in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for evidence is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɛvɪdəns/; /ˈɛvədəns/; [ˈɛvəɾəns]. Corpus data places it at rank #28,195 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "evidência".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for evidence, with forms such as "eivdence", "evdience", and "eviddence". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "evidente", "evidência", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is evidence, spelled E-V-I-D-E-N-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    evidência

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eivdence,evdience,eviddence,evidecne,evidencce,evidenec,evidennce,evidnece,eviednce,evvidence,veidence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for evidence

Misspelling Variants of "evidence"

eivdence8evdience8eviddence9evidecne8evidencce9evidenec8evidennce9evidnece8
Misspelling Variants of "evidence"

Frequency rank: #28,195 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "evidence"?
"evidence" is spelled E-V-I-D-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɛvɪdəns/; /ˈɛvədəns/; [ˈɛvəɾəns].
What does "evidence" mean?
As a noun, "evidence" means: evidência
What words are commonly confused with "evidence"?
"evidence" is commonly confused with "evidente", "evidência". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "evidence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "evidence" is /ˈɛvɪdəns/; /ˈɛvədəns/; [ˈɛvəɾəns]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "evidence" come from?
"evidence" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.