indécent

\ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“indécent” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,899. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,899
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui blesse la pudeur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indecent · indécent · French

indécent · rank #22,899 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,899
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH indisponible

Nearest frequency peer: indisponible (-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 « indécent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « indécent » 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).

indécent vs innocent
75% similar
indécent vs inhérent
75% similar
indécent vs indûment
75% similar

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

Key facts for indécent
PropertyValue
Headwordindécent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,899
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indécent »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).indécentse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « indisponible » (#22,898), « informel » (#22,900), « incontrôlable » (#22,897). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indécent » est au #22,899. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around indécent (IPA \ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,899 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 indécent, with forms such as "idnécent", "indcéent", and "inddécent". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "innocent", "inhérent", "indûment", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is indécent, spelled I-N-D-É-C-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui blesse la pudeur.
  2. 2
    Qui est contraire aux bienséances.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Paroles indécentes.
  2. Vous êtes indécent.

Antonyms

décent

This word in other languages

indecent(English)schamlos(Deutsch)indecente(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idnécent
  • indcéent
  • inddécent
  • indecent
  • indéccent
  • indécennt
  • indécentt
  • indécetn
  • indécnet
  • indéecnt
  • inndécent
  • inédcent
  • nidécent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indécent - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

idnécent2indcéent2inddécent1indecent1indéccent1indécennt1indécentt1indécetn2
Edit distance from "indécent"

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 "indécent"?
"indécent" is spelled I-N-D-É-C-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃\.
What does "indécent" mean?
As an adjective, "indécent" means: Qui blesse la pudeur.
What words are commonly confused with "indécent"?
"indécent" is commonly confused with "innocent", "inhérent", "indûment". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indécent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indécent" is \ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indécent" come from?
"indécent" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

informel#22,900insignes#22,901galaxies#22,872franches#22,866

Similar misspelling depth

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

insolence13 variantsinclusive13 variantsillégalité13 variantshépatique13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list