Which to use
“indemnes” and “internés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,903
- “indemnes” frequency rank
- #38,864
- “internés” frequency rank
- 75767
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indemnes | internés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de indemne. | Masculin pluriel de interné. |
Where the eye mixes indemnes and internés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. indemnes and internés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses indemnes with internés
A purely visual mix-up. indemnes (\ɛ̃.dɛmn\) and internés (\ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ne\) 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 75767, 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\. internés is at rank #38,864, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɛʁ.ne\.
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 75767, this pair ranks #33,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indemnes vs internés
Shared letters: eins. Private to "indemnes": dm. Private to "internés": rté.
"indemnes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "internés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- indemnes ← idnemnes · inddemnes · indemens · indemmnes · indemness · indemnnes · indemnse · indenmes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "indemnes" and "internés" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "indemnes" or "internés" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "indemnes" and "internés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indemnes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "internés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,077 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indemnes" and "internés" 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 #33,077 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.