indulgent

\ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“indulgent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #30,654. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,654
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui pratique l’indulgence ; qui pardonne aisément les fautes ou les défauts.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indulgent · indulgent · French

indulgent · rank #30,654 · 14 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #30,654
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH indifférente

Nearest frequency peer: indifférente (-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 « indulgent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « indulgent » 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).

indulgent vs indûment
67% similar
indulgent vs insultent
78% similar
indulgent vs insurgent
78% similar

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

Key facts for indulgent
PropertyValue
Headwordindulgent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#30,654
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indulgent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.indulgentse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « indifférente » (#30,653), « industrial » (#30,655), « inconfort » (#30,652). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indulgent » est au #30,654. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around indulgent (IPA \ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,654 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui pratique l’indulgence ; qui pardonne aisément les fautes ou les défauts.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for indulgent, with forms such as "idnulgent", "inddulgent", and "indlugent". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "indûment", "insultent", "insurgent", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is indulgent, spelled I-N-D-U-L-G-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui pratique l’indulgence ; qui pardonne aisément les fautes ou les défauts.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Mais la pauvre fille … était si compatissante pour les souffrances des animaux que, le plus souvent, voyant les contorsions des poissons qu'elle tirait de la rivière, elle les y remettait et ne rapportait guère que les écrevisses, qui souvent lui pinçaient les doigts jusqu'au sang, et pour lesquelles elle devenait alors moins indulgente.
  2. Pendant les répétitions, il a fait des raccords, ajouté des béquets, et aussi pratiqué des coupures qui ont précisément pour but de lui rendre ce public indulgent et favorable.

This word in other languages

indulgent(English)nachsichtig(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idnulgent
  • inddulgent
  • indlugent
  • induglent
  • indulegnt
  • indulgennt
  • indulgentt
  • indulgetn
  • indulggent
  • indulgnet
  • indullgent
  • inndulgent
  • inudlgent
  • nidulgent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indulgent - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

idnulgent2inddulgent1indlugent2induglent2indulegnt2indulgennt1indulgentt1indulgetn2
Edit distance from "indulgent"

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 "indulgent"?
"indulgent" is spelled I-N-D-U-L-G-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃\.
What does "indulgent" mean?
As an adjective, "indulgent" means: Qui pratique l’indulgence ; qui pardonne aisément les fautes ou les défauts.
What words are commonly confused with "indulgent"?
"indulgent" is commonly confused with "indûment", "insultent", "insurgent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indulgent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indulgent" is \ɛ̃.dyl.ʒɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indulgent" come from?
"indulgent" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inconfort#30,652infiltrés#30,657infligées#30,658illuminer#30,646

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

infectieux14 variantsfromagerie14 variantsmembranes14 variantsmobilités14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list