Indians

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The verdict

“Indians” is uncommon German (frequency #72,564 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,564
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs Indian

Corpus desk

Index DE-indians · Indians · German

Indians · rank #72,564 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,564
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Illustratorin

Nearest frequency peer: Illustratorin (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Indians“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Indians“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Indians
PropertyValue
HeadwordIndians
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters7
Frequency rank#72,564
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Indians“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Indiansfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Illustratorin“ (#72,563), „indiskutabel“ (#72,565), „Identitätspolitik“ (#72,562). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Indians“ bei #72,564. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Indians is uncommon German at frequency #72,564 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs Indian".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Indians, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Indians, spelled I-N-D-I-A-N-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs Indian

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 "Indians"?
"Indians" is spelled I-N-D-I-A-N-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Indians" mean?
As a noun, "Indians" means: Plural des Substantivs Indian
How do you pronounce "Indians"?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Kamelen#72,587Hidalgo#72,534Klägern#72,616kochend#72,619

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list