indigent
The verdict
“indigent” is uncommon French (frequency #66,010 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,010
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est dans l’indigence, qui est très pauvre.
Corpus desk
Index FR-indigent · indigent · French
indigent · rank #66,010 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,010
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH incombant
Nearest frequency peer: incombant (-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 « indigent »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- inaugurait
inaugurait
33,994 corpus weight
- incandescent
incandescent
33,993 corpus weight
- incombant
incombant
33,992 corpus weight
- indigent
indigent
33,991 corpus weight
- indignations
indignations
33,990 corpus weight
- individuali…
individualiser
33,989 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « indigent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indigent |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #66,010 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « indigent » en français
Rare enough to double-check
indigent is uncommon French at frequency #66,010 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui est dans l’indigence, qui est très pauvre.".
indigent doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is indigent, spelled I-N-D-I-G-E-N-T.
Definition
- 1Qui est dans l’indigence, qui est très pauvre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how indigent appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Assister ceux qui sont indigents
Il est si indigent qu’il vit d’aumônes.
This word in other languages
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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