indéfiniment
\ɛ̃.de.fi.ni.mɑ̃\
The verdict
“indéfiniment” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,649. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #16,649
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière indéfinie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-indefiniment · indéfiniment · French
indéfiniment · rank #16,649 · 19 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #16,649
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 19 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incontestable
Nearest frequency peer: incontestable (-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 « indéfiniment »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- incertitudes
incertitudes
83,354 corpus weight
- incontestab…
incontestable
83,353 corpus weight
- indéfiniment
indéfiniment
83,352 corpus weight
- initier
initier
83,351 corpus weight
- initiés
initiés
83,350 corpus weight
- innover
innover
83,349 corpus weight
What this shows « indéfiniment » 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 | indéfiniment |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.de.fi.ni.mɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #16,649 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indéfiniment »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around indéfiniment (IPA \ɛ̃.de.fi.ni.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #16,649 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for indéfiniment, with forms such as "idnéfiniment", "inddéfiniment", and "indefiniment". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "infiniment", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is indéfiniment, spelled I-N-D-É-F-I-N-I-M-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1D’une manière indéfinie.
- 2Dans un sens indéfini.
- 3Perpétuellement.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how indéfiniment appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La pauvreté de leur vie, […], le frappa : le service machinal, un petit nombre de mouvements et de gestes toujours les mêmes à répéter indéfiniment, par crainte d'abord, puis par habitude.
Certains « on dit » circulent, s'amplifient, se font écho à eux-mêmes indéfiniment, sans avoir cependant de substance réelle.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- idnéfiniment
- inddéfiniment
- indefiniment
- indféiniment
- indéffiniment
- indéfiinment
- indéfiniemnt
- indéfinimennt
- indéfinimentt
- indéfinimetn
- indéfinimment
- indéfinimnet
- indéfinmient
- indéfinniment
- indéfniiment
- indéifniment
- inndéfiniment
- inédfiniment
- nidéfiniment
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indéfiniment - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "indéfiniment", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).