indéfini
\ɛ̃.de.fi.ni\
The verdict
“indéfini” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #41,343. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #41,343
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dont la fin, les bornes sont indéterminées ou ne peuvent pas être déterminées, vague, imprécis, indéterminé, incertain.
Corpus desk
Index FR-indefini · indéfini · French
indéfini · rank #41,343 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #41,343
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH infléchir
Nearest frequency peer: infléchir (+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 « indéfini »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- immoralité
immoralité
58,661 corpus weight
- impertinent
impertinent
58,660 corpus weight
- indéfini
indéfini
58,658 corpus weight
- infléchir
infléchir
58,657 corpus weight
- infranchiss…
infranchissable
58,656 corpus weight
- injustifié
injustifié
58,655 corpus weight
What this shows « indéfini » 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 | indéfini |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.de.fi.ni\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #41,343 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indéfini »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around indéfini (IPA \ɛ̃.de.fi.ni\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #41,343 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for indéfini, with forms such as "idnéfini", "inddéfini", and "indefini". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "infini", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is indéfini, spelled I-N-D-É-F-I-N-I.
Definition
- 1Dont la fin, les bornes sont indéterminées ou ne peuvent pas être déterminées, vague, imprécis, indéterminé, incertain.
- 2Qui s’applique à un être ou à une chose qu’on ne veut pas ou qu’on ne peut pas déterminer.
- 3Qui n’est pas défini dans sa nature.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how indéfini appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
L’économie productive faisait de grands progrès et ces progrès étaient tels que vers 1780 tout le monde croyait au dogme du progrès indéfini de l’homme.
Temps indéfini.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- idnéfini
- inddéfini
- indefini
- indféini
- indéffini
- indéfiin
- indéfinni
- indéfnii
- indéifni
- inndéfini
- inédfini
- nidéfini
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indéfini - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Similar misspelling depth
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