indigence

\ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃s\

/\ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“indigence” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,150. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,150
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grande pauvreté ; privation du nécessaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indigence · indigence · French

indigence · rank #49,150 · 13 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,150
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH indicatifs

Nearest frequency peer: indicatifs (-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 « indigence »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « indigence » 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).

indigence vs indigne
78% similar
indigence vs indigène
78% similar
indigence vs indignée
78% similar

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

Key facts for indigence
PropertyValue
Headwordindigence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃s\
Letters9
Frequency rank#49,150
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indigence »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.indigencese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « indicatifs » (#49,149), « indiscrétions » (#49,151), « indica » (#49,148). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indigence » est au #49,150. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around indigence (IPA \ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,150 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for indigence, with forms such as "idnigence", "inddigence", and "indgience". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "indigne", "indigène", "indignée", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is indigence, spelled I-N-D-I-G-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grande pauvreté ; privation du nécessaire.
  2. 2
    État de pauvreté qui appelle les secours publics ou privés.
  3. 3
    Ensemble des indigents.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Blangy avait donné trois autres hommes, douze femmes, huit filles et cinq garçons, dont les maris et les pères devaient répondre, et qui étaient dans une entière indigence ; mais aussi c’étaient les seuls qui ne possédassent rien.
  2. Vous relevez l’indigence de leur vocabulaire monsieur l’Inspecteur ?

Antonyms

opulence

This word in other languages

indigence(English)indigencia(Español)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idnigence
  • inddigence
  • indgience
  • indiegnce
  • indigecne
  • indigencce
  • indigenec
  • indigennce
  • indiggence
  • indignece
  • inidgence
  • inndigence
  • nidigence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indigence - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

idnigence2inddigence1indgience2indiegnce2indigecne2indigencce1indigenec2indigennce1
Edit distance from "indigence"

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 "indigence"?
"indigence" is spelled I-N-D-I-G-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃s\.
What does "indigence" mean?
As a noun, "indigence" means: Grande pauvreté ; privation du nécessaire.
What words are commonly confused with "indigence"?
"indigence" is commonly confused with "indigne", "indigène", "indignée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indigence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indigence" is \ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indigence" come from?
"indigence" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

insipides#49,158installes#49,160hématomes#49,136intégrera#49,165

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

immunologie13 variantsinnocemment13 variantsillisibles13 variantsinterrogez13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list