evidência

noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,987

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

evidência is aPortuguesenoun. It means: qualidade daquilo que confirma (uma ação, uma hipótese, etc.) It ranks #3,987 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with exigência and evidenciar.

Key facts for evidência
PropertyValue
Headwordevidência
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,987
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for evidência is 9 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #3,987 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for evidência, with forms such as "eivdência", "evdiência", and "eviddência". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "exigência", "evidenciar", "evidence", and more, 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 evidência, spelled E-V-I-D-Ê-N-C-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualidade daquilo que confirma (uma ação, uma hipótese, etc.)
  2. 2
    qualidade daquilo que está famoso
  3. 3
    indicação, indício, sinal
  4. 4
    afirmação de caráter tautológico, cuja verdade resulta dos próprios termos em que foi proposta
  5. 5
    vestígio que ajuda a reconstruir um crime durante uma investigação

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: eivdência,evdiência,eviddência,evidnêcia,evidêcnia,evidêncai,evidênccia,evidênica,evidênncia,eviêdncia,evvidência,veidência

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for evidência

Misspelling Variants of "evidência"

eivdência9evdiência9eviddência10evidnêcia9evidêcnia9evidêncai9evidênccia10evidênica9
Misspelling Variants of "evidência"

Frequency rank: #3,987 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "evidência"?
"evidência" is spelled E-V-I-D-Ê-N-C-I-A.
What does "evidência" mean?
As a noun, "evidência" means: qualidade daquilo que confirma (uma ação, uma hipótese, etc.)
What words are commonly confused with "evidência"?
"evidência" is commonly confused with "exigência", "evidenciar", "evidence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "evidência" come from?
"evidência" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter E in our Portuguese index:

Explore PlainSpell

Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.