Indre

/\ɛ̃dʁ\/ name

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,957

in French word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Indre is aFrenchname. It means: Rivière de France, affluent de la Loire, coulant dans le Cher, l’Indre et l’Indre-et-Loire. Pronounced \ɛ̃dʁ\. Often confused with ire and ivre.

Key facts for Indre
PropertyValue
HeadwordIndre
LanguageFrench
Part of speechName
IPA\ɛ̃dʁ\
Letters5
Frequency rank#14,957
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Indre in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for Indre is 5 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃dʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #14,957 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Indre, with forms such as "idnre", "inddre", and "inder". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ire", "ivre", "INRA", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is Indre, spelled I-N-D-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rivière de France, affluent de la Loire, coulant dans le Cher, l’Indre et l’Indre-et-Loire.
  2. 2
    Ruisseau, affluent de l’Aisne, en France.
  3. 3
    Département français de la région administrative Centre-Val de Loire. Ce département porte le numéro 36.
  4. 4
    Commune française, située dans le département de la Loire-Atlantique.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: idnre,inddre,inder,indrre,inndre,inrde,nidre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Indre

Misspelling Variants of "Indre"

idnre5inddre6inder5indrre6inndre6inrde5nidre5
Misspelling Variants of "Indre"

Frequency rank: #14,957 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Indre"?
"Indre" is spelled I-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃dʁ\.
What does "Indre" mean?
As a name, "Indre" means: Rivière de France, affluent de la Loire, coulant dans le Cher, l’Indre et l’Indre-et-Loire.
What words are commonly confused with "Indre"?
"Indre" is commonly confused with "ire", "ivre", "INRA". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Indre"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Indre" is \ɛ̃dʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Indre" come from?
"Indre" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter I in our French index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.