ignorance

\i.ɲɔ.ʁɑ̃s\

/\i.ɲɔ.ʁɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“ignorance” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,201. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,201
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de celui qui est ignorant ; celui qui ne connaît rien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-ignorance · ignorance · French

ignorance · rank #6,201 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,201
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH hot

Nearest frequency peer: hot (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « ignorance »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « ignorance » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

ignorance vs ignorant
78% similar
ignorance vs ignorants
78% similar
ignorance vs ignorante
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for ignorance
PropertyValue
Headwordignorance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\i.ɲɔ.ʁɑ̃s\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,201
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « ignorance »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.ignorancese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « hot » (#6,200), « Illusion » (#6,202), « harmonie » (#6,199). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « ignorance » est au #6,201. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around ignorance (IPA \i.ɲɔ.ʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,201 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for ignorance, with forms such as "ginorance", "iggnorance", and "ignnorance". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "ignorant", "ignorants", "ignorante", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is ignorance, spelled I-G-N-O-R-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de celui qui est ignorant ; celui qui ne connaît rien.
  2. 2
    Fautes qui marquent une ignorance grossière.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how ignorance appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Sa connaissance des livres, quoique superficielle, suffisait à imposer à l’ignorance un certain respect pour le savoir qu’on lui supposait.
  2. Pour un spectateur instruit, ce contraste entre la complète ignorance des uns et la palpitante attention des autres eût été sublime.

This word in other languages

ignorance(English)Unwissenheit(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ginorance
  • iggnorance
  • ignnorance
  • ignoarnce
  • ignoracne
  • ignorancce
  • ignoranec
  • ignorannce
  • ignornace
  • ignorrance
  • ignroance
  • igonrance
  • ingorance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of ignorance - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ginorance2iggnorance1ignnorance1ignoarnce2ignoracne2ignorancce1ignoranec2ignorannce1
Edit distance from "ignorance"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "ignorance"?
"ignorance" is spelled I-G-N-O-R-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \i.ɲɔ.ʁɑ̃s\.
What does "ignorance" mean?
As a noun, "ignorance" means: État de celui qui est ignorant ; celui qui ne connaît rien.
What words are commonly confused with "ignorance"?
"ignorance" is commonly confused with "ignorant", "ignorants", "ignorante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "ignorance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "ignorance" is \i.ɲɔ.ʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "ignorance" come from?
"ignorance" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "ignorance", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

infection#6,204installée#6,207maintient#6,215divisions#6,185

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

célébrer13 variantsrégionaux13 variantssymboles13 variantstransmis13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list