independence

/\ˌɪn.dɪ.ˈpɛn.dəns\/ noun

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#46,229

in French word usage

Misspellings

18

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

independence is aFrenchnoun. It means: Indépendance. Pronounced \ˌɪn.dɪ.ˈpɛn.dəns\. Often confused with independent and indépendance.

Key facts for independence
PropertyValue
Headwordindependence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ˌɪn.dɪ.ˈpɛn.dəns\
Letters12
Frequency rank#46,229
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of independence in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for independence is 12 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ˌɪn.dɪ.ˈpɛn.dəns\. Corpus data places it at rank #46,229 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Indépendance.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 18 documented wrong-spelling variants for independence, with forms such as "idnependence", "inddependence", and "indeepndence". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "independent", "indépendance", "indépendante", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is independence, spelled I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-C-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Indépendance.

Antonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: idnependence,inddependence,indeepndence,indepednence,independdence,independecne,independencce,independenec,independennce,independnece,indepenednce,indepenndence,indepnedence,indeppendence,indpeendence,inedpendence,inndependence,nidependence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for independence

Misspelling Variants of "independence"

idnependence12inddependence13indeepndence12indepednence12independdence13independecne12independencce13independenec12
Misspelling Variants of "independence"

Frequency rank: #46,229 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "independence"?
"independence" is spelled I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ˌɪn.dɪ.ˈpɛn.dəns\.
What does "independence" mean?
As a noun, "independence" means: Indépendance.
What words are commonly confused with "independence"?
"independence" is commonly confused with "independent", "indépendance", "indépendante". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "independence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "independence" is \ˌɪn.dɪ.ˈpɛn.dəns\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "independence" come from?
"independence" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.