indécence
\ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃s\
The verdict
“indécence” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,854. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,854
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Caractère de ce qui est indécent.
Corpus desk
Index FR-indecence · indécence · French
indécence · rank #32,854 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,854
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incertains
Nearest frequency peer: incertains (-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 « indécence »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- idea
idea
67,150 corpus weight
- incertains
incertains
67,148 corpus weight
- indécence
indécence
67,147 corpus weight
- infiltratio…
infiltrations
67,146 corpus weight
- infinitif
infinitif
67,145 corpus weight
- inflammable
inflammable
67,144 corpus weight
What this shows « indécence » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indécence |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,854 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indécence »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around indécence (IPA \ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,854 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for indécence, with forms such as "idnécence", "indcéence", and "inddécence". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "indécent", "innocence", "ingérence", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is indécence, spelled I-N-D-É-C-E-N-C-E.
Definition
- 1Caractère de ce qui est indécent.
- 2Action ou propos indécent.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how indécence appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Il y a de l’indécence dans sa tenue, dans ses propos.
Cette imagerie, désormais triomphante, […] ne laisse rien à deviner. Elle est franchement pornographique. Les petites polissonneries du siècle dernier semblent florianesques à côté d'une aussi grosse indécence.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- idnécence
- indcéence
- inddécence
- indecence
- indéccence
- indécecne
- indécencce
- indécenec
- indécennce
- indécnece
- indéecnce
- inndécence
- inédcence
- nidécence
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indécence - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).