Which to use
“indécent” and “indécente” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,899
- “indécent” frequency rank
- #38,857
- “indécente” frequency rank
- 61756
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indécent | indécente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui blesse la pudeur. | Féminin singulier de indécent. |
Where the eye mixes indécent and indécente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. indécent runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCC) against indécente's 9 (VCCVCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: indécent vs indécente
A purely visual mix-up. indécent (\ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃\) and indécente (\ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃t\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “indécent” sits inside “indécente”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61756, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indécent is recorded at frequency rank #22,899, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃\. indécente is at rank #38,857, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃t\.
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 61756, this pair ranks #90,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indécent vs indécente
Shared letters: cdeinté. Private to "indécent": -. Private to "indécente": -.
"indécent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "indécente" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indécent" and "indécente" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "indécent" or "indécente" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "indécent" and "indécente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indécent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indécente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indécent" and "indécente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indécence vs indécente". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #90,617 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.