IndervsIndizTell them apart

Which to use

“Inder” and “Indiz” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,101
“Inder” frequency rank
#15,398
“Indiz” frequency rank
27499
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Inder Indiz
Definition Staatsangehöriger, Staatsbürger, Bewohner von Indien Hinweis; Andeutung; eine Information, die bestimmte Ereignisse wahrscheinlich macht

Where the eye mixes Inder and Indiz

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
Inder
5 ch
Indiz

Why the eye confuses Inder with Indiz

A purely visual mix-up. Inder ([ˈɪndɐ]) and Indiz ([ɪnˈdiːt͡s]) 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 27499, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Inder is recorded at frequency rank #12,101, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɪndɐ]. Indiz is at rank #15,398, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɪnˈdiːt͡s].

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 27499, this pair ranks #1,800,812 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Inder vs Indiz

Shared letters: din. Private to "Inder": er. Private to "Indiz": z.

"Inder" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC  ·  "Indiz" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Inderidner · indder · inderr · indre · inedr · innder · nider
  • Indizidniz · inddiz · indizz · indzi · inidz · inndiz · nidiz

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Inder" for "Indiz" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ˈɪndɐ] versus [ɪnˈdiːt͡s]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Inder" or "Indiz" show up more?
"Inder" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,101 in our German list, against #15,398 for "Indiz". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Inder" and "Indiz" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Inder" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Indiz" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,800,812 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Inder" and "Indiz" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Indiz vs innig". 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 #1,800,812 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list