Which to use
“indigner” is a verb and “indignés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #34,574
- “indigner” frequency rank
- #29,394
- “indignés” frequency rank
- 63968
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indigner | indignés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Remplir quelqu’un d’indignation. | Masculin pluriel de indigné. |
Same sound, different letters: indigner vs indignés
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. indigner and indignés follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Ear matches; page differs - indigner and indignés
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: indigner and indignés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.di.ɲe\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anadjective, 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 63968, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indigner is recorded at frequency rank #34,574, classified as averb, 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 63968, this pair ranks #79,323 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indigner vs indignés
Shared letters: dgin. Private to "indigner": er. Private to "indignés": sé.
"indigner" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "indignés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- indigner ← idnigner · inddigner · indginer · indigenr · indiggner · indignerr · indignner · indignre
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indigner" and "indignés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "indigner" or "indignés"?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "indigner" / "indignés". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "indigner" 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 #79,323 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indigner" and "indignés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indignent vs indigner". 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 #79,323 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.