indigènes
\ɛ̃.di.ʒɛn\
The verdict
“indigènes” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,177. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #9,177
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de indigène.
Corpus desk
Index FR-indigenes · indigènes · French
indigènes · rank #9,177 · 14 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #9,177
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH honorer
Nearest frequency peer: honorer (-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 « indigènes »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- guides
guides
90,827 corpus weight
- Guyane
Guyane
90,826 corpus weight
- honorer
honorer
90,825 corpus weight
- indigènes
indigènes
90,824 corpus weight
- innovations
innovations
90,823 corpus weight
- insécurité
insécurité
90,822 corpus weight
What this shows « indigènes » 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).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indigènes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.di.ʒɛn\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #9,177 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indigènes »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around indigènes (IPA \ɛ̃.di.ʒɛn\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,177 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de indigène.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for indigènes, with forms such as "idnigènes", "inddigènes", and "indgiènes". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "indigne", "insignes", "indignés", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is indigènes, spelled I-N-D-I-G-È-N-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de indigène.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how indigènes appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Une vinification en levures indigènes, sans intrants ni filtration.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- idnigènes
- inddigènes
- indgiènes
- indigenes
- indiggènes
- indignèes
- indigèens
- indigèness
- indigènnes
- indigènse
- indiègnes
- inidgènes
- inndigènes
- nidigènes
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indigènes - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "indigènes", 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 (14 here; floor ≥5).