indigo
\ɛ̃.di.ɡo\
The verdict
“indigo” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,901. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #23,901
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 9
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Substance colorante bleue que l’on extrait de l’indigotier ou que l’on fabrique par synthèse industrielle.
Corpus desk
Index FR-indigo · indigo · French
indigo · rank #23,901 · 8 variants · 9 confusables
- FREQ-MID #23,901
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inclinée
Nearest frequency peer: inclinée (-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 « indigo »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- impériales
impériales
76,103 corpus weight
- inattendus
inattendus
76,102 corpus weight
- inclinée
inclinée
76,101 corpus weight
- indigo
indigo
76,100 corpus weight
- inestimable
inestimable
76,099 corpus weight
- infectieuses
infectieuses
76,098 corpus weight
What this shows « indigo » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indigo |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.di.ɡo\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #23,901 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 9 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indigo »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around indigo (IPA \ɛ̃.di.ɡo\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,901 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for indigo, with forms such as "idnigo", "inddigo", and "indgio". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "indo", "indi", "India", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
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 indigo, spelled I-N-D-I-G-O.
Definition
- 1Substance colorante bleue que l’on extrait de l’indigotier ou que l’on fabrique par synthèse industrielle.
- 2Plante qui fournit l’indigo, plus généralement, appelée indigotier.
- 3Couleur bleu foncé violacé. #791CF8
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how indigo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Ma dernière expédition a eu lieu dans les îles de la Malaisie où j’ai pu échanger le produit de l’opium contre mon indigo, première qualité.
L’acide azotique […] décolore l’indigo et colore en rouge orangé la brucine et la morphine.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- idnigo
- inddigo
- indgio
- indiggo
- indiog
- inidgo
- inndigo
- nidigo
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indigo - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).