Which to use
“indienne” is a noun and “indignée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,411
- “indienne” frequency rank
- #39,847
- “indignée” frequency rank
- 48258
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indienne | indignée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Étoffe de coton peinte ou imprimée à motifs floraux, qui se faisait primitivement en Inde. Elle était souvent imprimée sur les deux faces. | Féminin singulier de indigné. |
Where the eye mixes indienne and indignée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses indienne with indignée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: indienne is \ɛ̃.djɛn\ while indignée is \ɛ̃.di.ɲe\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48258, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indienne is recorded at frequency rank #8,411, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.djɛn\. indignée is at rank #39,847, 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 48258, this pair ranks #180,340 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indienne vs indignée
Shared letters: dein. Private to "indienne": -. Private to "indignée": gé.
"indienne" · 8 letters · shape VCCVVCCV · "indignée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- indienne ← idnienne · inddienne · indeinne · indiene · indienen · indinene · inidenne · inndienne
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "indienne" and "indignée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "indienne" vs "indignée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "indienne" and "indignée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indienne" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indignée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #180,340 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indienne" and "indignée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indigence vs indignée". 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 #180,340 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.