indolent
/ˈɪn.də.lənt/
"indolent" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“indolent” is an uncommon English word, ranked #69,950 in English word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #69,950
- frequency rank, English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indolent |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈɪn.də.lənt/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #69,950 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “indolent” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for indolent is 8 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɪn.də.lənt/. Corpus data places it at rank #69,950 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for indolent, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French indolent or directly from Late Latin indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“hurting”), from doleo (“to hurt”). The later sense of “living easily, slothful” perhaps developed in French. The correct English form is indolent, spelled I-N-D-O-L-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Habitually lazy, procrastinating, or resistant to physical labor.
- 2Inducing laziness.
- 3Causing little or no physical pain; progressing slowly; inactive (of an ulcer, etc.).
- 4Healing slowly.
Etymology
From French indolent or directly from Late Latin indolēns, from in- (“not”) + dolēns (“hurting”), from doleo (“to hurt”). The later sense of “living easily, slothful” perhaps developed in French.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “indolent”
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- The one correct English spelling is I-N-D-O-L-E-N-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɪn.də.lənt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.