indigenous
\ɪnˈdɪdʒ.ɪ.nəs\
The verdict
“indigenous” is uncommon French (frequency #99,222 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #99,222
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Indigène, aborigène, autochtone.
Corpus desk
Index FR-indigenous · indigenous · French
indigenous · rank #99,222 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #99,222
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incroyant
Nearest frequency peer: incroyant (-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 « indigenous »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inclinait
inclinait
782 corpus weight
- incroyant
incroyant
780 corpus weight
- indigenous
indigenous
779 corpus weight
- inexploitab…
inexploitable
778 corpus weight
- inexpugnable
inexpugnable
777 corpus weight
- insidieuses
insidieuses
776 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « indigenous » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indigenous |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɪnˈdɪdʒ.ɪ.nəs\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #99,222 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « indigenous » en français
Rare enough to double-check
indigenous is uncommon French at frequency #99,222 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɪnˈdɪdʒ.ɪ.nəs\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for indigenous, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is indigenous, spelled I-N-D-I-G-E-N-O-U-S.
Definition
- 1Indigène, aborigène, autochtone.
- 2Inné, naturel (à partir du 19ᵉ siècle).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how indigenous appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Not only the Indian, but many indigenous insects, birds, and quadrupeds, welcomed the apple-tree to these shores.
She was a native and essential cook, as much as Aunt Chloe,—cooking being an indigenous talent of the African race.
Synonyms
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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