Indre
\ɛ̃dʁ\
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
- idiote
idiote
85,047 corpus weight
- imprimante
imprimante
85,046 corpus weight
- imprévisible
imprévisible
85,045 corpus weight
- Indre
Indre
85,044 corpus weight
- irrégulière
irrégulière
85,043 corpus weight
- islamisme
islamisme
85,042 corpus weight
What this shows « Indre » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Indre |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃dʁ\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #14,957 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Indre »
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
- 1Rivière de France, affluent de la Loire, coulant dans le Cher, l’Indre et l’Indre-et-Loire.
- 2Ruisseau, affluent de l’Aisne, en France.
- 3Département français de la région administrative Centre-Val de Loire. Ce département porte le numéro 36.
- 4Commune française, située dans le département de la Loire-Atlantique.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Indre appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
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.
– 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.
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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Similar French words by spelling shape
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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).