Which to use
“indignés” and “insignes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #29,394
- “indignés” frequency rank
- #22,901
- “insignes” frequency rank
- 52295
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indignés | insignes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de indigné. | Pluriel de insigne. |
Where the eye mixes indignés and insignes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between indignés and insignes
A purely visual mix-up. indignés (\ɛ̃.di.ɲe\) and insignes (\ɛ̃.siɲ\) 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 52295, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indignés is recorded at frequency rank #29,394, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ɲe\. insignes is at rank #22,901, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.siɲ\.
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 52295, this pair ranks #148,702 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indignés vs insignes
Shared letters: gins. Private to "indignés": dé. Private to "insignes": e.
"indignés" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "insignes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- insignes ← inisgnes · innsignes · insgines · insigens · insiggnes · insigness · insignnes · insignse
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indignés" and "insignes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "indignés" or "insignes" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "indignés" and "insignes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indignés" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "insignes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #148,702 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indignés" and "insignes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indigents vs indignés". 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 #148,702 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.