indirectement

\ɛ̃.di.ʁɛk.tə.mɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.di.ʁɛk.tə.mɑ̃\/ adv

The verdict

“indirectement” has 20 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #9,025. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,025
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - D’une manière indirecte ou détournée.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indirectement · indirectement · French

indirectement · rank #9,025 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #9,025
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impérial

Nearest frequency peer: impérial (-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 « indirectement »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « indirectement » 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
Key facts for indirectement
PropertyValue
Headwordindirectement
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdverb
IPA\ɛ̃.di.ʁɛk.tə.mɑ̃\
Letters13
Frequency rank#9,025
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indirectement »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).indirectementse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « impérial » (#9,024), « insurrection » (#9,026), « ix » (#9,027). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indirectement » est au #9,025. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around indirectement (IPA \ɛ̃.di.ʁɛk.tə.mɑ̃\), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #9,025 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "D’une manière indirecte ou détournée.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for indirectement, with forms such as "idnirectement", "inddirectement", and "indierctement". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is indirectement, spelled I-N-D-I-R-E-C-T-E-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    D’une manière indirecte ou détournée.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. S’il est vrai que Dieu ait créé le mal, soit directement, soit indirectement par un sous-Dieu, d’où vient qu’il en frappe le Juste, et qu’il comble de ses bienfaits l’Injuste ? !
  2. Le succès des hommes de Cro-Magnon a entraîné directement ou indirectement la disparition des Néanderthaliens.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idnirectement
  • inddirectement
  • indierctement
  • indircetement
  • indirecctement
  • indirecetment
  • indirecteemnt
  • indirectemennt
  • indirectementt
  • indirectemetn
  • indirectemment
  • indirectemnet
  • indirectmeent
  • indirecttement
  • indiretcement
  • indirrectement
  • indriectement
  • inidrectement
  • inndirectement
  • nidirectement

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indirectement - 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.

idnirectement2inddirectement1indierctement2indircetement2indirecctement1indirecetment2indirecteemnt2indirectemennt1
Edit distance from "indirectement"

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 "indirectement"?
"indirectement" is spelled I-N-D-I-R-E-C-T-E-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.di.ʁɛk.tə.mɑ̃\.
What does "indirectement" mean?
As an adverb, "indirectement" means: D’une manière indirecte ou détournée.
What are common misspellings of "indirectement"?
Common misspellings include "idnirectement", "inddirectement", "indierctement", "indircetement", "indirecctement". The correct spelling is "indirectement".
How do you pronounce "indirectement"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indirectement" is \ɛ̃.di.ʁɛk.tə.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indirectement" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list