indigne

\ɛ̃.diɲ\

/\ɛ̃.diɲ\/ adj

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The verdict

“indigne” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,677. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,677
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas digne de quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indigne · indigne · French

indigne · rank #9,677 · 10 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,677
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH improbable

Nearest frequency peer: improbable (-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 « indigne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « indigne » 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).

indigne vs indigo
71% similar
indigne vs indique
71% similar
indigne vs insigne
86% similar

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

Key facts for indigne
PropertyValue
Headwordindigne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.diɲ\
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,677
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indigne »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).indignese 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 « improbable » (#9,676), « impressionnante » (#9,675), « impossibilité » (#9,674). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indigne » est au #9,677. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around indigne (IPA \ɛ̃.diɲ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #9,677 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for indigne, with forms such as "idnigne", "inddigne", and "indgine". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "indigo", "indique", "insigne", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is indigne, spelled I-N-D-I-G-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui n’est pas digne de quelque chose.
  2. 2
    Qualifie ceux qui, pour avoir manqué à quelque devoir essentiel envers une personne, de son vivant ou après sa mort, sont privés de sa succession.
  3. 3
    Qualifiait une personne dans le titre qu'elle se donne par humilité, surtout dans les formules de politesse.
  4. 4
    Qui n’est pas séant, convenable ; qui est condamnable.
  5. 5
    Qualifie le sacrement de communion qui n’est pas faite avec les dispositions requises.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il est indigne des grâces que vous lui faites. — Il est indigne de vivre. — Il s’est rendu indigne de vos bienfaits.
  2. Puisque vous le jugez indigne de votre confiance. — Il est indigne de créance, de foi. — Il est indigne du rang qu’il occupe.

Antonyms

digne

This word in other languages

unworthy(English)unwürdig(Deutsch)indigno(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idnigne
  • inddigne
  • indgine
  • indigen
  • indiggne
  • indignne
  • indinge
  • inidgne
  • inndigne
  • nidigne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indigne - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

idnigne2inddigne1indgine2indigen2indiggne1indignne1indinge2inidgne2
Edit distance from "indigne"

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 "indigne"?
"indigne" is spelled I-N-D-I-G-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.diɲ\.
What does "indigne" mean?
As an adjective, "indigne" means: Qui n’est pas digne de quelque chose.
What words are commonly confused with "indigne"?
"indigne" is commonly confused with "indigo", "indique", "insigne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indigne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indigne" is \ɛ̃.diɲ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indigne" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

invente#9,680impacts#9,673lancent#9,686gardant#9,667

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list