Which to use
“indemne” and “indemnes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,354
- “indemne” frequency rank
- #36,903
- “indemnes” frequency rank
- 58257
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indemne | indemnes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’a pas éprouvé de perte, qui est indemnisé, dédommagé. | Pluriel de indemne. |
Same sound, different letters: indemne vs indemnes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. indemne runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against indemnes's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - indemne / indemnes
This is the hard kind. indemne and indemnes are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.dɛmn\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “indemne” sits inside “indemnes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58257, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indemne is recorded at frequency rank #21,354, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.dɛmn\. indemnes is at rank #36,903, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.dɛmn\.
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 58257, this pair ranks #110,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indemne vs indemnes
Shared letters: deimn. Private to "indemne": -. Private to "indemnes": s.
"indemne" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "indemnes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indemne" and "indemnes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "indemne" or "indemnes"?
What to do next
"indemne" and "indemnes" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "indemne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indemnes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #110,110 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indemne" and "indemnes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indemnes vs indexés". 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 #110,110 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.