indistinct
\ɛ̃.dis.tɛ̃\
The verdict
“indistinct” is uncommon French (frequency #82,129 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #82,129
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas bien distinct.
Corpus desk
Index FR-indistinct · indistinct · French
indistinct · rank #82,129 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #82,129
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH improductifs
Nearest frequency peer: improductifs (-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 « indistinct »
Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court
- impor
impor
17,875 corpus weight
- importances
importances
17,874 corpus weight
- improductifs
improductifs
17,873 corpus weight
- indistinct
indistinct
17,872 corpus weight
- inexploité
inexploité
17,871 corpus weight
- iniques
iniques
17,870 corpus weight
What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « indistinct » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indistinct |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.dis.tɛ̃\ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #82,129 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « indistinct » en français
Rare enough to double-check
indistinct is uncommon French at frequency #82,129 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.dis.tɛ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’est pas bien distinct.".
No misspelling variants are generated for indistinct in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is indistinct, spelled I-N-D-I-S-T-I-N-C-T.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas bien distinct.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how indistinct appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le crépuscule ne permettait de voir les objets que d’une manière fort indistincte.
formes, couleurs indistinctes.
This word in other languages
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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