indiennes

\ɛ̃.djɛn\

/\ɛ̃.djɛn\/ adj

The verdict

“indiennes” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,153. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,153
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Féminin pluriel de indien.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indiennes · indiennes · French

indiennes · rank #16,153 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,153
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inclusion

Nearest frequency peer: inclusion (-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 « indiennes »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « indiennes » 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).

indiennes vs indiens
78% similar
indiennes vs indignés
67% similar
indiennes vs indigènes
78% similar

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

Key facts for indiennes
PropertyValue
Headwordindiennes
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.djɛn\
Letters9
Frequency rank#16,153
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indiennes »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).indiennesse 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 « inclusion » (#16,152), « industrialisation » (#16,154), « incline » (#16,151). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indiennes » est au #16,153. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around indiennes (IPA \ɛ̃.djɛn\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,153 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Féminin pluriel de indien.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for indiennes, with forms such as "idniennes", "inddiennes", and "indeinnes". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "indiens", "indignés", "indigènes", 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, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is indiennes, spelled I-N-D-I-E-N-N-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Féminin pluriel de indien.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Un courant d’idées indiennes s’infiltrait ainsi peu à peu au milieu des idées japonaises, pour les modifier, les réformer, les cosmopoliser.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idniennes
  • inddiennes
  • indeinnes
  • indienens
  • indienes
  • indienness
  • indiennse
  • indinenes
  • inidennes
  • inndiennes
  • nidiennes

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

idniennes2inddiennes1indeinnes2indienens2indienes1indienness1indiennse2indinenes2
Edit distance from "indiennes"

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 "indiennes"?
"indiennes" is spelled I-N-D-I-E-N-N-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.djɛn\.
What does "indiennes" mean?
As an adjective, "indiennes" means: Féminin pluriel de indien.
What words are commonly confused with "indiennes"?
"indiennes" is commonly confused with "indiens", "indignés", "indigènes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indiennes"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indiennes" is \ɛ̃.djɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indiennes" come from?
"indiennes" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "indiennes", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list