indifférence

Name: indifférence, French Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

\ɛ̃.di.fe.ʁɑ̃s\

/\ɛ̃.di.fe.ʁɑ̃s\/ noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“indifférence” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,336. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,336
frequency rank, French: 3,561
“I” headwords: 17
tracked misspellings: 2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État d’une personne qui n’extériorise pas ses sentiments, ses états d’âme.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indifference · indifférence · French

indifférence · rank #9,336 · 17 variants · 2 confusables

FREQ-COMMON #9,336
LEN-MEGA 12 letters
VOW-5 5 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
VAR-HIGH 17 variants
BOOK-MID 3,561
PHOTO-FINISH inacceptable

Nearest frequency peer: inacceptable (-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.

illustrer

90,668
impressions

90,667
inacceptable

90,666
indifférence

90,665
indépendant…

90,664
infractions

90,663

What this shows « indifférence » 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).

indifférence vs indifférents

83% similar

indifférence vs indifférente

92% similar

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

Key facts for indifférence
Property	Value
Headword	indifférence
Language	French
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	\ɛ̃.di.fe.ʁɑ̃s\
Letters	12
Frequency rank	#9,336
Misspellings tracked	17
Confusable pairs	2
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indifférence »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).indifférencese place ici:

#9,336

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « inacceptable » (#9,335), « indépendantes » (#9,337), « impressions » (#9,334). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indifférence » est au #9,336. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around indifférence (IPA \ɛ̃.di.fe.ʁɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,336 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for indifférence, with forms such as "idnifférence", "inddifférence", and "indfiférence". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "indifférents", "indifférente", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is indifférence, spelled I-N-D-I-F-F-É-R-E-N-C-E.

Definition

1
État d’une personne qui n’extériorise pas ses sentiments, ses états d’âme.
2
État d’une personne qui n’a aucun intérêt pour ce qui l’entoure.
3
État d’une personne qui n’est pas sensible à l’amour.
4
Manque total d'intérêt pour une chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

État d’indifférence, état mental qui ne contient ni plaisir ni douleur.
Liberté d’indifférence, état d’une âme libre de choisir entre deux partis, parce qu’aucun motif ne la fait pencher vers l’un plutôt que vers l’autre.

This word in other languages

indifference(English)indiferencia(Español)Gleichgültigkeit(Deutsch)indiferença(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

idnifférence
inddifférence
indfiférence
indifference
indiffréence
indifféernce
indifférecne
indifférencce
indifférenec
indifférennce
indifférnece
indifférrence
indiféfrence
indiférence
inidfférence
inndifférence
nidifférence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "indifférence"

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 "indifférence"?

"indifférence" is spelled I-N-D-I-F-F-É-R-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.di.fe.ʁɑ̃s\.

What does "indifférence" mean?

As a noun, "indifférence" means: État d’une personne qui n’extériorise pas ses sentiments, ses états d’âme.

What words are commonly confused with "indifférence"?

"indifférence" is commonly confused with "indifférents", "indifférente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "indifférence"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indifférence" is \ɛ̃.di.fe.ʁɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "indifférence" come from?

"indifférence" 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 "indifférence", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

inacceptable#9,335 interactions#9,339 discrètement#9,307 compatriotes#9,292

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

infractions17 variants législative17 variants négligeable17 variants bénédiction17 variants