Which to use
“indigents” and “indignés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,231
- “indigents” frequency rank
- #29,394
- “indignés” frequency rank
- 75625
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indigents | indignés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de indigent. | Masculin pluriel de indigné. |
Where the eye mixes indigents and indignés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indigents runs 9 letters (VCCVCVCCC) against indignés's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: indigents vs indignés
A purely visual mix-up. indigents (\ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃\) and indignés (\ɛ̃.di.ɲe\) 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 75625, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indigents is recorded at frequency rank #46,231, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃\. 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 75625, this pair ranks #33,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indigents vs indignés
Shared letters: dgins. Private to "indigents": et. Private to "indignés": é.
"indigents" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC · "indignés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- indigents ← idnigents · inddigents · indgients · indiegnts · indigennts · indigenst · indigentss · indigentts
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indigents" and "indignés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "indigents" or "indignés" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "indigents" and "indignés" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indigents" 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 #33,501 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indigents" and "indignés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indigence vs indigents". 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 #33,501 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.