Which to use
“indignée” is an adjective and “indigner” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #39,847
- “indignée” frequency rank
- #34,574
- “indigner” frequency rank
- 74421
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indignée | indigner |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de indigné. | Remplir quelqu’un d’indignation. |
Same sound, different letters: indignée vs indigner
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters.
Homophone desk: indignée vs indigner
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: indignée and indigner carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.di.ɲe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 74421, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indignée is recorded at frequency rank #39,847, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ɲe\. indigner is at rank #34,574, tagged as averb, 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 74421, this pair ranks #37,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indignée vs indigner
Shared letters: degin. Private to "indignée": é. Private to "indigner": r.
"indignée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "indigner" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- indigner ← idnigner · inddigner · indginer · indigenr · indiggner · indignerr · indignner · indignre
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "indignée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indigner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #37,217 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indignée" and "indigner" 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 #37,217 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.