Which to use
“indécent” and “innocent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,899
- “indécent” frequency rank
- #6,103
- “innocent” frequency rank
- 29002
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indécent | innocent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui blesse la pudeur. | Qui n’est pas coupable. |
Where the eye mixes indécent and innocent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. indécent and innocent follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses indécent with innocent
A purely visual mix-up. indécent (\ɛ̃.de.sɑ̃\) and innocent (\i.nɔ.sɑ̃\) 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 29002, 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\. innocent is at rank #6,103, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.nɔ.sɑ̃\.
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 29002, this pair ranks #319,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indécent vs innocent
Shared letters: ceint. Private to "indécent": dé. Private to "innocent": o.
"indécent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC · "innocent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- innocent ← inncoent · innoccent · innocennt · innocentt · innocetn · innocnet · innoecnt · inocent
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indécent" and "innocent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "indécent" or "innocent"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "indécent" and "innocent" 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 "innocent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #319,352 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indécent" and "innocent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indécent vs indécente". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #319,352 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.