Which to use
“indigène” and “indigne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,911
- “indigène” frequency rank
- #9,677
- “indigne” frequency rank
- 26588
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indigène | indigne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est originaire du pays où il vit, où il se manifeste. | Qui n’est pas digne de quelque chose. |
Where the eye mixes indigène and indigne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indigène runs 8 letters (VCCVCVCV) against indigne's 7 (VCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between indigène and indigne
A purely visual mix-up. indigène (\ɛ̃.di.ʒɛn\) and indigne (\ɛ̃.diɲ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26588, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indigène is recorded at frequency rank #16,911, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ʒɛn\. indigne is at rank #9,677, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.diɲ\.
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 26588, this pair ranks #334,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of indigène vs indigne
Shared letters: degin. Private to "indigène": è. Private to "indigne": -.
"indigène" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCV · "indigne" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- indigne ← idnigne · inddigne · indgine · indigen · indiggne · indignne · indinge · inidgne
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indigène" and "indigne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "indigène" or "indigne"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "indigène" and "indigne" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indigène" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indigne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #334,058 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indigène" and "indigne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indigence vs indigène". 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 #334,058 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.