Which to use
“indécence” and “ingérence” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,854
- “indécence” frequency rank
- #16,393
- “ingérence” frequency rank
- 49247
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indécence | ingérence |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Caractère de ce qui est indécent. | Action de s’ingérer. |
Where the eye mixes indécence and ingérence
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indécence and ingérence follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: indécence vs ingérence
A purely visual mix-up. indécence (\ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃s\) and ingérence (\ɛ̃.ʒe.ʁɑ̃s\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49247, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indécence is recorded at frequency rank #32,854, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃s\. ingérence is at rank #16,393, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.ʒe.ʁɑ̃s\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 49247, this pair ranks #172,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indécence vs ingérence
Shared letters: ceiné. Private to "indécence": d. Private to "ingérence": gr.
"indécence" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV · "ingérence" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indécence" and "ingérence" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "indécence" or "ingérence" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "indécence" and "ingérence" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indécence" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ingérence" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #172,201 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indécence" and "ingérence" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indécence vs indigence". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #172,201 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.