Which to use
“indigents” and “indirects” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,231
- “indigents” frequency rank
- #15,413
- “indirects” frequency rank
- 61644
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indigents | indirects |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de indigent. | Masculin pluriel de indirect. |
Where the eye mixes indigents and indirects
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indigents and indirects follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: indigents vs indirects
A purely visual mix-up. indigents (\ɛ̃.di.ʒɑ̃\) and indirects (\ɛ̃.di.ʁɛkt\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61644, 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\. indirects is at rank #15,413, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ʁɛkt\.
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 61644, this pair ranks #91,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indigents vs indirects
Shared letters: deinst. Private to "indigents": g. Private to "indirects": cr.
"indigents" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC · "indirects" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indigents" and "indirects" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "indigents" or "indirects"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "indigents" and "indirects" 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 "indirects" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #91,191 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indigents" and "indirects" 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 #91,191 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.