Which to use
“evidente” and “exigente” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,641
- “evidente” frequency rank
- #16,284
- “exigente” frequency rank
- 20925
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | evidente | exigente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | que está à vista; que é claro, certo, incontestável | que exige |
Letter map: evidente vs exigente
Shared letters muted; letters that set evidente and exigente apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. evidente and exigente follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - evidente / exigente
evidente and exigente are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20925, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
evidente is recorded at frequency rank #4,641, classified as anadj. exigente is at rank #16,284, tagged as anadj, pronounced /i.zi.ˈʒẽ.tɨ/.
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 20925, this pair ranks #49,472 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of evidente vs exigente
Shared letters: eint. Private to "evidente": dv. Private to "exigente": gx.
"evidente" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV · "exigente" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "evidente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exigente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #49,472 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "evidente" and "exigente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "exigente vs expoente". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #49,472 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.