indigente

\ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃t\

/\ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃t\/ noun

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The verdict

“indigente” is uncommon French (frequency #93,897 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,897
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne dans l’indigence ; personne très pauvre.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indigente · indigente · French

indigente · rank #93,897 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,897
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH incontestés

Nearest frequency peer: incontestés (-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 « indigente »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « indigente » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for indigente
PropertyValue
Headwordindigente
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃t\
Letters9
Frequency rank#93,897
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « indigente » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.indigentetombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « incontestés » (#93,896), « individuals » (#93,898), « inconsidérées » (#93,895). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indigente » est au #93,897. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

indigente is uncommon French at frequency #93,897 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃t\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne dans l’indigence ; personne très pauvre.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for indigente, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is indigente, spelled I-N-D-I-G-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne dans l’indigence ; personne très pauvre.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Je serais prise en charge comme une indigente mais peu m’importait.

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 "indigente"?
"indigente" is spelled I-N-D-I-G-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃t\.
What does "indigente" mean?
As a noun, "indigente" means: Personne dans l’indigence ; personne très pauvre.
How do you pronounce "indigente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indigente" is \ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indigente" come from?
"indigente" 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 "indigente", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

importons#93,889importera#93,888hérissent#93,880invalidés#93,917

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list