indigénat
\ɛ̃.di.ʒe.na\
The verdict
“indigénat” is uncommon French (frequency #92,858 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,858
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Condition juridique reconnue par la métropole aux natifs d’une colonie.
Corpus desk
Index FR-indigenat · indigénat · French
indigénat · rank #92,858 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,858
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH indifférenciée
Nearest frequency peer: indifférenciée (-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.
Rangs de longue queue près de « indigénat »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- incombera
incombera
7,146 corpus weight
- incongrus
incongrus
7,145 corpus weight
- indifférenc…
indifférenciée
7,144 corpus weight
- indigénat
indigénat
7,143 corpus weight
- industria
industria
7,142 corpus weight
- inexprimable
inexprimable
7,141 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « indigénat » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indigénat |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.di.ʒe.na\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #92,858 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « indigénat » en français
Rare enough to double-check
indigénat is uncommon French at frequency #92,858 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.di.ʒe.na\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
indigénat doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is indigénat, spelled I-N-D-I-G-É-N-A-T.
Definition
- 1Condition juridique reconnue par la métropole aux natifs d’une colonie.
- 2Nature ou état d'une espèce indigène au lieu dont on parle.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how indigénat appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le régime autoritaire instaurë à Lisbonne en 1926 par António de Oliveira Salazar (1889-1970) favorise le développement économique, au prix d'une exploitation des Africains, soumis à un régime d’indigénat.
Nous avons édicté comme critère préalable à la patrimonialité l’indigénat ; or, par définition, les archéophytes sont introduits. La plupart proviennent du Moyen-Orient (croissant fertile) à la période néolithique, […].
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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