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

#18,277
“indignante” frequency rank
#11,433
“inmigrante” frequency rank
29710
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indignante inmigrante
Definition Que indigna o produce indignación, enfado o rechazo por injusto u ofensivo contra la dignidad o autoestima. Que inmigra o se ha instalado en un país o territorio diferentes del propio lugar de origen.

Where the eye mixes indignante and inmigrante

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. indignante and inmigrante follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

10 ch
indignante
10 ch
inmigrante

Visual trap between indignante and inmigrante

A purely visual mix-up. indignante ([ĩn̪d̪iɣ̞ˈnãn̪t̪e]) and inmigrante ([ĩmmiˈɣ̞ɾãn̪t̪e]) 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 29710, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indignante is recorded at frequency rank #18,277, classified as anadj, pronounced [ĩn̪d̪iɣ̞ˈnãn̪t̪e]. inmigrante is at rank #11,433, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ĩmmiˈɣ̞ɾãn̪t̪e].

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 29710, this pair ranks #215,627 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of indignante vs inmigrante

Shared letters: aegint. Private to "indignante": d. Private to "inmigrante": mr.

"indignante" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV  ·  "inmigrante" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • indignante ← idnignante · inddignante · indginante · indigannte · indiggnante · indignanet · indignannte · indignantte
  • inmigrante ← imnigrante · inimgrante · inmgirante · inmigarnte · inmiggrante · inmigranet · inmigrannte · inmigrantte

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "indignante" for "inmigrante" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩn̪d̪iɣ̞ˈnãn̪t̪e] versus [ĩmmiˈɣ̞ɾãn̪t̪e]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "indignante" or "inmigrante" show up more?
"inmigrante" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,433 in our Spanish list, against #18,277 for "indignante". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "indignante" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "inmigrante" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #215,627 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indignante" and "inmigrante" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indignan vs indignante". 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 #215,627 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