indigène

\ɛ̃.di.ʒɛn\

/\ɛ̃.di.ʒɛn\/ adj

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The verdict

“indigène” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,911. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,911
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est originaire du pays où il vit, où il se manifeste.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indigene · indigène · French

indigène · rank #16,911 · 12 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,911
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH indirecte

Nearest frequency peer: indirecte (+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 « indigène »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « indigène » 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).

indigène vs indigne
88% similar
indigène vs insigne
75% similar
indigène vs indignés
63% similar

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

Key facts for indigène
PropertyValue
Headwordindigène
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.di.ʒɛn\
Letters8
Frequency rank#16,911
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indigène »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).indigènese 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 « indirecte » (#16,912), « inaperçu » (#16,909), « indo » (#16,913). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indigène » est au #16,911. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around indigène (IPA \ɛ̃.di.ʒɛn\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,911 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for indigène, with forms such as "idnigène", "inddigène", and "indgiène". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "indigne", "insigne", "indignés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is indigène, spelled I-N-D-I-G-È-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est originaire du pays où il vit, où il se manifeste.
  2. 2
    (D'une espèce) Qui est présent dans une région ou dans un écosystème naturellement, sans intervention humaine.
  3. 3
    Qui a rapport aux peuples présents avant la colonisation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Lyon est un grand centre de soies grèges et ouvrées. On y traite les soies indigènes et les soies étrangères.
  2. Notre précédente étude a montré quelle est la situation de la seconde ville de France, où une population allogène se superpose ou, pour mieux dire, se substitue à l'ancienne population indigène, en voie d'effacement.

Synonyms

aborigèneautochtonedomestiquerégionalvernaculaire

Antonyms

allogèneintroduit

This word in other languages

indigenous(English)indígena(Español)Eingeborener(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idnigène
  • inddigène
  • indgiène
  • indigene
  • indiggène
  • indignèe
  • indigèen
  • indigènne
  • indiègne
  • inidgène
  • inndigène
  • nidigène

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indigène - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

idnigène2inddigène1indgiène2indigene1indiggène1indignèe2indigèen2indigènne1
Edit distance from "indigène"

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 "indigène"?
"indigène" is spelled I-N-D-I-G-È-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.di.ʒɛn\.
What does "indigène" mean?
As an adjective, "indigène" means: Qui est originaire du pays où il vit, où il se manifeste.
What words are commonly confused with "indigène"?
"indigène" is commonly confused with "indigne", "insigne", "indignés". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indigène"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indigène" is \ɛ̃.di.ʒɛn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indigène" come from?
"indigène" 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 "indigène", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inaperçu#16,909informée#16,914immortel#16,906iraniens#16,922

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

gourmand12 variantsfauteuils12 variantsobligent12 variantsdélibéré12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list