Which to use
“indigeste” is an adjective and “indignité” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,504
- “indigeste” frequency rank
- #34,575
- “indignité” frequency rank
- 79079
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indigeste | indignité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui est difficile à digérer. | Ce qui rend quelqu’un indigne d’une grâce, d’un emploi, d’un héritage, etc. |
Where the eye mixes indigeste and indignité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. indigeste (VCCVCVCCV) and indignité (VCCVCCVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses indigeste with indignité
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: indigeste is \ɛ̃.di.ʒɛst\ while indignité is \ɛ̃.di.ɲi.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79079, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indigeste is recorded at frequency rank #44,504, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ʒɛst\. indignité is at rank #34,575, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ɲi.te\.
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 79079, this pair ranks #24,113 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indigeste vs indignité
Shared letters: dgint. Private to "indigeste": es. Private to "indignité": é.
"indigeste" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV · "indignité" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- indigeste ← idnigeste · inddigeste · indgieste · indiegste · indigeset · indigesste · indigestte · indigetse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "indigeste" for "indignité" ever safe?
Frequency check: "indigeste" vs "indignité" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "indigeste" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indignité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,113 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indigeste" and "indignité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indigence vs indigeste". 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 #24,113 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.