Which to use
“indignée” and “indignés” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,847
- “indignée” frequency rank
- #29,394
- “indignés” frequency rank
- 69241
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indignée | indignés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de indigné. | Masculin pluriel de indigné. |
Same sound, different letters: indignée vs indignés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. indignée (VCCVCCVV) and indignés (VCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - indignée / indignés
This is the hard kind. indignée and indignés are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.di.ɲe\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - e in “indignée” becomes s in “indignés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69241, 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\. 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 69241, this pair ranks #55,923 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indignée vs indignés
Shared letters: dginé. Private to "indignée": e. Private to "indignés": s.
"indignée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "indignés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "indignée" and "indignés" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "indignée" or "indignés"?
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 "indignés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,923 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indignée" and "indignés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indigence vs indignée". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #55,923 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.