Indre

\ɛ̃dʁ\

/\ɛ̃dʁ\/ name

The verdict

“Indre” has 7 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,957. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,957
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rivière de France, affluent de la Loire, coulant dans le Cher, l’Indre et l’Indre-et-Loire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indre · Indre · French

Indre · rank #14,957 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,957
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH imprévisible

Nearest frequency peer: imprévisible (-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 « Indre »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Indre » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Indre vs ire
40% similar
Indre vs ivre
40% similar
Indre vs INRA
20% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

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

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Indre »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « imprévisible » (#14,956), « irrégulière » (#14,958), « imprimante » (#14,955). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « Indre » est au #14,957. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Indre (IPA \ɛ̃dʁ\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,957 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Indre, with forms such as "idnre", "inddre", and "inder". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, 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, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Indre, spelled I-N-D-R-E.

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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le bassin entier de la Brenne, à l'ouest de la roule de Châteauroux à Lothiers, est notablement plus bas que les plateaux correspondants des bords de l’Indre ou de la Creuse.
  2. – Ah !… Mais où sommes-nous, ici ? Dans le département de l’Indre ? – Ma foi, non, l’Indre, c’est de l’autre côté de la rivière… Par ici, c’est la Creuse.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idnre
  • inddre
  • inder
  • indrre
  • inndre
  • inrde
  • nidre

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Indre - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

idnre2inddre1inder2indrre1inndre1inrde2nidre2
Edit distance from "Indre"

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 "Indre"?
"Indre" is spelled I-N-D-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃dʁ\.
What does "Indre" mean?
As a proper noun, "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list