Which to use
“indonésien” and “indonésiens” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,078
- “indonésien” frequency rank
- #44,507
- “indonésiens” frequency rank
- 75585
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indonésien | indonésiens |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Relatif à l’Indonésie. | Masculin pluriel de indonésien. |
Same sound, different letters: indonésien vs indonésiens
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. indonésien runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCVVC) against indonésiens's 11 (VCCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - indonésien and indonésiens
This is the hard kind. indonésien and indonésiens are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.dɔ.ne.zjɛ̃\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “indonésien” sits inside “indonésiens”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 75585, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indonésien is recorded at frequency rank #31,078, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.dɔ.ne.zjɛ̃\. indonésiens is at rank #44,507, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.dɔ.ne.zjɛ̃\.
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 75585, this pair ranks #33,626 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indonésien vs indonésiens
Shared letters: deinosé. Private to "indonésien": -. Private to "indonésiens": -.
"indonésien" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "indonésiens" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indonésien" and "indonésiens" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "indonésien" or "indonésiens"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "indonésien" / "indonésiens". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "indonésien" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indonésiens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,626 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indonésien" and "indonésiens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indonésienne vs indonésiens". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #33,626 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.