Which to use
“indemniser” and “indemnisés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,248
- “indemniser” frequency rank
- #44,502
- “indemnisés” frequency rank
- 68750
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indemniser | indemnisés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dédommager quelqu’un de ce qu’il a déboursé, de ce qu’il a perdu, etc. | Participe passé masculin pluriel de indemniser. |
Same sound, different letters: indemniser vs indemnisés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. indemniser and indemnisés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Homophone desk: indemniser vs indemnisés
This is the hard kind. indemniser and indemnisés are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.dɛm.ni.ze\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indemniser is recorded at frequency rank #24,248, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.dɛm.ni.ze\. indemnisés is at rank #44,502, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.dɛm.ni.ze\.
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 68750, this pair ranks #57,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indemniser vs indemnisés
Shared letters: deimns. Private to "indemniser": r. Private to "indemnisés": é.
"indemniser" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC · "indemnisés" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- indemniser ← idnemniser · inddemniser · indeminser · indemmniser · indemniesr · indemniserr · indemnisre · indemnisser
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "indemniser" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indemnisés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #57,872 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indemniser" and "indemnisés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indemnes vs indemnisés". 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 #57,872 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.