indépendants
\ɛ̃.de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃\
The verdict
“indépendants” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,495. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,495
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Masculin pluriel de indépendant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-independants · indépendants · French
indépendants · rank #4,495 · 20 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,495
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH gâteau
Nearest frequency peer: gâteau (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “indépendants”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- gosse
gosse
95,509 corpus weight
- graphique
graphique
95,508 corpus weight
- gâteau
gâteau
95,507 corpus weight
- indépendants
indépendants
95,506 corpus weight
- infrastruct…
infrastructures
95,505 corpus weight
- intellectue…
intellectuelle
95,504 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “indépendants” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | indépendants |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃\ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #4,495 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Où “indépendants” se place dans la fréquence du français
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around indépendants (IPA \ɛ̃.de.pɑ̃.dɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #4,495 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Masculin pluriel de indépendant.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for indépendants, with forms such as "idnépendants", "inddépendants", and "independants". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "independent", "indépendant", "indépendance", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is indépendants, spelled I-N-D-É-P-E-N-D-A-N-T-S.
Definition
- 1Masculin pluriel de indépendant.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how indépendants appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Si elle est juridiquement configurée, par le droit du travail et par celui de la Sécurité sociale, cette relation n’est pas assurantiellement consolidée : l’engagement de responsabilité de l’employeur fait largement défaut dans le salariat atypique, et n’intervient pas dans les transactions entre entrepreneurs et créateurs indépendants.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- idnépendants
- inddépendants
- independants
- indpéendants
- indéepndants
- indépednants
- indépenadnts
- indépendannts
- indépendanst
- indépendantss
- indépendantts
- indépendatns
- indépenddants
- indépendnats
- indépenndants
- indépnedants
- indéppendants
- inndépendants
- inédpendants
- nidépendants
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indépendants - 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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "indépendants", 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 (20 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "indépendants" maps to 6 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "independent". View pair
- 20 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #4,495 among French headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more French words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.