indignation

\ɛ̃.di.ɲa.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.di.ɲa.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“indignation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,497. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,497
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sentiment de colère qui peut être mêlé de mépris qu’excite une injustice criante, une action mauvaise ou honteuse, un ouvrage, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indignation · indignation · French

indignation · rank #9,497 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,497
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH immobilière

Nearest frequency peer: immobilière (-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 « indignation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « indignation » 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).

indignation vs indication
82% similar
indignation vs indigestion
82% similar

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

Key facts for indignation
PropertyValue
Headwordindignation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.di.ɲa.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#9,497
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indignation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).indignationse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « immobilière » (#9,496), « infirmières » (#9,498), « immobiliers » (#9,495). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indignation » est au #9,497. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around indignation (IPA \ɛ̃.di.ɲa.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,497 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Sentiment de colère qui peut être mêlé de mépris qu’excite une injustice criante, une action mauvaise ou honteuse, un ouvrage, etc.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for indignation, with forms such as "idnignation", "inddignation", and "indgination". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "indication", "indigestion", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is indignation, spelled I-N-D-I-G-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sentiment de colère qui peut être mêlé de mépris qu’excite une injustice criante, une action mauvaise ou honteuse, un ouvrage, etc.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. La France démocratique, dans un accès d’indignation, renversa le gouvernement de la France bourgeoise et se proclama libre sous un gouvernement républicain.
  2. Elle s’était dégagée presque brusquement de l’étreinte de Jacques, et elle cracha à terre, avec dédain, en un mouvement d’indignation sauvage.

This word in other languages

indignation(English)indignación(Español)Empörung(Deutsch)indignação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idnignation
  • inddignation
  • indgination
  • indigantion
  • indiggnation
  • indignaiton
  • indignatino
  • indignationn
  • indignatoin
  • indignattion
  • indignnation
  • indigntaion
  • indingation
  • inidgnation
  • inndignation
  • nidignation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

idnignation2inddignation1indgination2indigantion2indiggnation1indignaiton2indignatino2indignationn1
Edit distance from "indignation"

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 "indignation"?
"indignation" is spelled I-N-D-I-G-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.di.ɲa.sjɔ̃\.
What does "indignation" mean?
As a noun, "indignation" means: Sentiment de colère qui peut être mêlé de mépris qu’excite une injustice criante, une action mauvaise ou honteuse, un ouvrage, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "indignation"?
"indignation" is commonly confused with "indication", "indigestion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indignation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indignation" is \ɛ̃.di.ɲa.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indignation" come from?
"indignation" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "indignation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

immobilière#9,496infirmières#9,498immobiliers#9,495inondations#9,501

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

handicapés16 variantspsychiatre16 variantssoulagement16 variantsvétérinaire16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list