indéfiniment

\ɛ̃.de.fi.ni.mɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.de.fi.ni.mɑ̃\/ adv

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

corpus weight

What this shows « indéfiniment » 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).

indéfiniment vs infiniment
83% similar

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

Key facts for indéfiniment
PropertyValue
Headwordindéfiniment
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ɛ̃.de.fi.ni.mɑ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#16,649
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indéfiniment »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.indéfinimentse 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 « incontestable » (#16,648), « initier » (#16,650), « incertitudes » (#16,647). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indéfiniment » est au #16,649. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    D’une manière indéfinie.
  2. 2
    Dans un sens indéfini.
  3. 3
    Perpétuellement.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

idnéfiniment2inddéfiniment1indefiniment1indféiniment2indéffiniment1indéfiinment2indéfiniemnt2indéfinimennt1
Edit distance from "indéfiniment"

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 "indéfiniment"?
"indéfiniment" is spelled I-N-D-É-F-I-N-I-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.de.fi.ni.mɑ̃\.
What does "indéfiniment" mean?
As an adverb, "indéfiniment" means: D’une manière indéfinie.
What words are commonly confused with "indéfiniment"?
"indéfiniment" is commonly confused with "infiniment". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indéfiniment"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indéfiniment" is \ɛ̃.de.fi.ni.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indéfiniment" come from?
"indéfiniment" 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 "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).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list