indemnesvsindignésWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“indemnes” and “indignés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#36,903
“indemnes” frequency rank
#29,394
“indignés” frequency rank
66297
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indemnes indignés
Definition Pluriel de indemne. Masculin pluriel de indigné.

Where the eye mixes indemnes and indignés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

8 ch
indemnes
8 ch
indignés

Look-alike desk: indemnes vs indignés

A purely visual mix-up. indemnes (\ɛ̃.dɛmn\) and indignés (\ɛ̃.di.ɲe\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66297, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indemnes is recorded at frequency rank #36,903, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.dɛmn\. indignés is at rank #29,394, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ɲe\.

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 66297, this pair ranks #68,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of indemnes vs indignés

Shared letters: dins. Private to "indemnes": em. Private to "indignés": .

"indemnes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "indignés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • indemnesidnemnes · inddemnes · indemens · indemmnes · indemness · indemnnes · indemnse · indenmes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "indemnes" for "indignés" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.dɛmn\ versus \ɛ̃.di.ɲe\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "indemnes" or "indignés" show up more?
"indignés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #29,394 in our French list, against #36,903 for "indemnes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "indemnes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "indignés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #68,431 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indemnes" and "indignés" 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 #68,431 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list