indult
\ɛ̃.dylt\
The verdict
“indult” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Privilège accordé par le pape de pouvoir nommer à de certains bénéfices, ou de pouvoir les tenir contre le droit commun.
Corpus desk
Index FR-indult · indult · French
indult · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 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 | indult |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.dylt\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « indult » en français
Rare enough to double-check
indult is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.dylt\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
indult doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is indult, spelled I-N-D-U-L-T.
Definition
- 1Privilège accordé par le pape de pouvoir nommer à de certains bénéfices, ou de pouvoir les tenir contre le droit commun.
- 2Droit d'entendre la messe à domicile.
- 3Droit particulier qu'avaient le chancelier de France et les officiers du parlement de Paris, de requérir sur un évêché ou sur une abbaye le premier bénéfice vacant, soit pour eux-mêmes, soit pour un autre, après y avoir été autorisés par lettres du prince.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how indult appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le roi avait un indult pour nommer aux bénéfices en pays d’obédience.
Ampliation d’indult.
This word in other languages
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.