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“indecentes” and “indigentes” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,619
“indecentes” frequency rank
#25,673
“indigentes” frequency rank
62292
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indecentes indigentes
Definition Forma del plural de indecente. Forma del plural de indigente.

Where the eye mixes indecentes and indigentes

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

10 ch
indecentes
10 ch
indigentes

Look-alike desk: indecentes vs indigentes

A purely visual mix-up. indecentes ([ĩn̪d̪eˈsẽn̪t̪es]) and indigentes ([ĩn̪d̪iˈxẽn̪t̪es]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62292, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indecentes is recorded at frequency rank #36,619, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪eˈsẽn̪t̪es]. indigentes is at rank #25,673, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪iˈxẽn̪t̪es].

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 62292, this pair ranks #52,544 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of indecentes vs indigentes

Shared letters: deinst. Private to "indecentes": c. Private to "indigentes": g.

"indecentes" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC  ·  "indigentes" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • indecentesidnecentes · indceentes · inddecentes · indeccentes · indecenets · indecenntes · indecentess · indecentse
  • indigentesidnigentes · inddigentes · indgientes · indiegntes · indigenets · indigenntes · indigentess · indigentse

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "indecentes" and "indigentes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ĩn̪d̪eˈsẽn̪t̪es] versus [ĩn̪d̪iˈxẽn̪t̪es]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "indecentes" or "indigentes" show up more?
"indigentes" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,673 in our Spanish list, against #36,619 for "indecentes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "indecentes" and "indigentes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "indecentes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "indigentes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #52,544 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indecentes" and "indigentes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indigentes vs ingentes". 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 #52,544 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list