Which to use
“indemne” is an adjective and “indienne” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,354
- “indemne” frequency rank
- #8,411
- “indienne” frequency rank
- 29765
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indemne | indienne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui n’a pas éprouvé de perte, qui est indemnisé, dédommagé. | Étoffe de coton peinte ou imprimée à motifs floraux, qui se faisait primitivement en Inde. Elle était souvent imprimée sur les deux faces. |
Where the eye mixes indemne and indienne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. indemne runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against indienne's 8 (VCCVVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: indemne vs indienne
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: indemne is \ɛ̃.dɛmn\ while indienne is \ɛ̃.djɛn\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29765, 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\. indienne is at rank #8,411, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.djɛn\.
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 29765, this pair ranks #314,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indemne vs indienne
Shared letters: dein. Private to "indemne": m. Private to "indienne": -.
"indemne" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "indienne" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "indemne" and "indienne" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "indemne" or "indienne" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "indemne" and "indienne" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indemne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indienne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indemne" and "indienne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indemne vs indexé". 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 #314,640 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.