indocile
\ɛ̃.dɔ.sil\
The verdict
“indocile” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui n’est pas docile, qui est très difficile à instruire, à gouverner, à contrôler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-indocile · indocile · French
indocile · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indocile |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.dɔ.sil\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
indocile is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.dɔ.sil\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui n’est pas docile, qui est très difficile à instruire, à gouverner, à contrôler.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for indocile, 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.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is indocile, spelled I-N-D-O-C-I-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qui n’est pas docile, qui est très difficile à instruire, à gouverner, à contrôler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how indocile appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
En défendant ses règles de travail, son éthique personnelle, Pauline est devenue une femme indocile à faire rentrer dans le rang.
Elle n’arrivait pas pour autant à changer son caractère. Elle était indocile et ne pouvait amadouer ses idées.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.