indicesvsindignésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: indices is a noun, indignés is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“indices” is a noun and “indignés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,352
“indices” frequency rank
#29,394
“indignés” frequency rank
34746
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indices indignés
Definition Pluriel de indice. Masculin pluriel de indigné.

Where the eye mixes indices and indignés

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. indices runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against indignés's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
indices
8 ch
indignés

Visual trap between indices and indignés

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: indices is \ɛ̃.dis\ while indignés is \ɛ̃.di.ɲe\. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indices is recorded at frequency rank #5,352, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.dis\. 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 34746, this pair ranks #281,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of indices vs indignés

Shared letters: dins. Private to "indices": ce. Private to "indignés": gé.

"indices" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "indignés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • indices ← idnices · indcies · inddices · indicces · indicess · indicse · indiecs · inidces

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "indices" and "indignés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "indices" is a noun and "indignés" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "indices" or "indignés"?
"indices" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,352 in our French list, against #29,394 for "indignés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "indices" and "indignés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "indices" 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 #281,693 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indices" and "indignés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indigents vs indignés". 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 #281,693 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