independent
\ˌɪn.dɪ.ˈpɛn.dənt\
The verdict
“independent” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #35,098. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #35,098
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indépendant.
Corpus desk
Index FR-independent · independent · French
independent · rank #35,098 · 17 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-MID #35,098
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incorporés
Nearest frequency peer: incorporés (-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 « independent »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- inaudible
inaudible
64,906 corpus weight
- inch
inch
64,905 corpus weight
- incorporés
incorporés
64,904 corpus weight
- independent
independent
64,903 corpus weight
- indiquera
indiquera
64,902 corpus weight
- infamie
infamie
64,901 corpus weight
What this shows « independent » 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 | independent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˌɪn.dɪ.ˈpɛn.dənt\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #35,098 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « independent »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around independent (IPA \ˌɪn.dɪ.ˈpɛn.dənt\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #35,098 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Indépendant.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for independent, with forms such as "idnependent", "inddependent", and "indeepndent". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "indépendant", "indépendante", "indépendants", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is independent, spelled I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Indépendant.
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- idnependent
- inddependent
- indeepndent
- indepednent
- independdent
- independennt
- independentt
- independetn
- independnet
- indepenednt
- indepenndent
- indepnedent
- indeppendent
- indpeendent
- inedpendent
- inndependent
- nidependent
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of independent - 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 "independent", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).