indépendance

\ɛ̃.de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃s\

/\ɛ̃.de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“indépendance” has 19 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #1,739. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,739
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
19
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’une personne indépendante.

Corpus desk

Index FR-independance · indépendance · French

indépendance · rank #1,739 · 19 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,739
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 19 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH humains

Nearest frequency peer: humains (-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 « indépendance »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « indépendance » 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).

indépendance vs indépendant
83% similar
indépendance vs indépendante
92% similar
indépendance vs indépendants
83% similar

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

Key facts for indépendance
PropertyValue
Headwordindépendance
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃s\
Letters12
Frequency rank#1,739
Misspellings tracked19
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indépendance »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.indépendancese place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « humains » (#1,738), « Japon » (#1,740), « fortement » (#1,737). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indépendance » est au #1,739. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 19 spelling variants around indépendance (IPA \ɛ̃.de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,739 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for indépendance, with forms such as "idnépendance", "inddépendance", and "independance". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "indépendant", "indépendante", "indépendants", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented 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 indépendance, spelled I-N-D-É-P-E-N-D-A-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    État d’une personne indépendante.
  2. 2
    Situation d'une nation, d'une zone géographique, d'une organisation, d'un corps politique ou d'un pouvoir, qui n'est pas soumis à un autre.
  3. 3
    Absence de relation, de dépendance.
  4. 4
    Qualité d'événements indépendants ou de variables aléatoires indépendantes.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. — Que je le sois ou non, répliqua brusquement Hervé, j'ai souci de ma dignité et je tiens à mon indépendance. Personne ne me fera jamais la loi.
  2. Non contents d'être inexistants eux-mêmes, les gens voulaient encore annihiler sa personnalité à lui, réglementer ses idées, enrayer l'indépendance de ses actes...

Synonyms

libertésouveraineté

Antonyms

dépendance

This word in other languages

independence(English)independencia(Español)Unabhängigkeit(Deutsch)independência(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idnépendance
  • inddépendance
  • independance
  • indpéendance
  • indéepndance
  • indépednance
  • indépenadnce
  • indépendacne
  • indépendancce
  • indépendanec
  • indépendannce
  • indépenddance
  • indépendnace
  • indépenndance
  • indépnedance
  • indéppendance
  • inndépendance
  • inédpendance
  • nidépendance

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indépendance - 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.

idnépendance2inddépendance1independance1indpéendance2indéepndance2indépednance2indépenadnce2indépendacne2
Edit distance from "indépendance"

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 "indépendance"?
"indépendance" is spelled I-N-D-É-P-E-N-D-A-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃s\.
What does "indépendance" mean?
As a noun, "indépendance" means: État d’une personne indépendante.
What words are commonly confused with "indépendance"?
"indépendance" is commonly confused with "indépendant", "indépendante", "indépendants". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indépendance"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indépendance" is \ɛ̃.de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indépendance" come from?
"indépendance" 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 "indépendance", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

commentaires#1,732statistiques#1,682constitution#1,810intervention#1,664

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (19 here; floor ≥5).

participation19 variantsconséquences19 variantscomportement19 variantsétablissement19 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list