Indochina
[ˌɪndoˈçiːna]
The verdict
“Indochina” is uncommon German (frequency #61,624 among 1,488 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #61,624
- frequency rank, German
- 1,488
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Französisch-Indochina, eine ehemalige Kolonie Frankreichs in Südostasien, die die heutigen Staaten Kambodscha, Laos und Vietnam umfasste
Corpus desk
Index DE-indochina · Indochina · German
Indochina · rank #61,624 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #61,624
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,488
- PHOTO-FINISH illegalem
Nearest frequency peer: illegalem (-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 „Indochina“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- humoristisch
humoristisch
38,382 corpus weight
- illegalem
illegalem
38,378 corpus weight
- Indochina
Indochina
38,377 corpus weight
- Infektionsk…
Infektionskrankheit
38,376 corpus weight
- innerstes
innerstes
38,374 corpus weight
- Insidern
Insidern
38,372 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Indochina“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Indochina |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˌɪndoˈçiːna] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #61,624 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Indochina“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Indochina is uncommon German at frequency #61,624 among 1,488 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˌɪndoˈçiːna]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for Indochina in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Indochina, spelled I-N-D-O-C-H-I-N-A.
Definition
- 1Französisch-Indochina, eine ehemalige Kolonie Frankreichs in Südostasien, die die heutigen Staaten Kambodscha, Laos und Vietnam umfasste
- 2Indochinesische Halbinsel
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Indochina appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Als die USA sich verrückterweise den Krieg des "militärisch-industriellen Komplexes" in Indochina aufdrängen ließen, warnte Armeegeneral Douglas MacArthur vor einem neuen Landkrieg in Asien.“
„Bevor die Feen sich zum Tanz aufreihten, öffnete sich der Vorhang für eine alte Holzpuppe, von der nur eine Handvoll Menschen wussten, dass sie, angefertigt in einer Zeit, als man Vietnam noch Indochina nannte, schon seit einem Vierteljahrhundert Prenzlbergerin war, im Verborgenen.“
This word in other languages
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.
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