Indiana

[ɪnˈdi̯aːna]

/[ɪnˈdi̯aːna]/ name

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The verdict

“Indiana” has 9 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #19,956. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,956
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Bundesstaat im Mittleren Westen der USA

Corpus desk

Index DE-indiana · Indiana · German

Indiana · rank #19,956 · 9 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,956
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Impressionen

Nearest frequency peer: Impressionen (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Indiana“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Indiana“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Indiana vs Indien
71% similar
Indiana vs Indiens
71% similar
Indiana vs Indianer
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Indiana
PropertyValue
HeadwordIndiana
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ɪnˈdi̯aːna]
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,956
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Indiana“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Indianaliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Impressionen“ (#19,955), „intelligenten“ (#19,957), „härtesten“ (#19,954). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Indiana“ bei #19,956. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around Indiana (IPA [ɪnˈdi̯aːna]), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #19,956 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Bundesstaat im Mittleren Westen der USA".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for Indiana, with forms such as "idniana", "indaina", and "inddiana". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "Indien", "Indiens", "Indianer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Indiana, spelled I-N-D-I-A-N-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    Bundesstaat im Mittleren Westen der USA

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Indiana appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 13 Jahre lang war Indiana Teil des Nordwestterritoriums.
  2. Indiana wurde im Jahre 1816 als 19. Bundesstaat in die USA aufgenommen.

Synonyms

Hoosier StateHoosierstaat

This word in other languages

Indiana(English)Indiana(Español)Indiana(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idniana
  • indaina
  • inddiana
  • indiaan
  • indianna
  • indinaa
  • inidana
  • inndiana
  • nidiana

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Indiana - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

idniana2indaina2inddiana1indiaan2indianna1indinaa2inidana2inndiana1
Edit distance from "Indiana"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Indiana"?
"Indiana" is spelled I-N-D-I-A-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnˈdi̯aːna].
What does "Indiana" mean?
As a proper noun, "Indiana" means: Bundesstaat im Mittleren Westen der USA
What words are commonly confused with "Indiana"?
"Indiana" is commonly confused with "Indien", "Indiens", "Indianer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Indiana"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Indiana" is [ɪnˈdi̯aːna]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Indiana" come from?
"Indiana" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Indiana", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Hyundai#19,952Gleisen#19,939Lessing#19,986Gelenke#19,922

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

Hocker9 variantshamlet9 variantsForums9 variantsfluten9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list