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“indented” and “indentured” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,269
- “indented” frequency rank
- #38,904
- “indentured” frequency rank
- 83173
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indented | indentured |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in. | Subject to an indenture. |
Where the eye mixes indented and indentured
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. indented runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against indentured's 10 (VCCVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: indented vs indentured
A purely visual mix-up. indented (/ɪnˈdɛntɪd/) and indentured (/ɪnˈdɛn.t͡ʃəd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indented is recorded at frequency rank #44,269, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɪnˈdɛntɪd/. indentured is at rank #38,904, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ɪnˈdɛn.t͡ʃəd/.
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 83173, this pair ranks #14,317 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indented vs indentured
Shared letters: deint. Private to "indented": -. Private to "indentured": ru.
"indented" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "indentured" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- indented ← idnented · inddented · indenetd · indennted · indentde · indentedd · indentted · indetned
- indentured ← idnentured · inddentured · indenntured · indentrued · indenttured · indentuerd · indenturde · indenturedd
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indented" and "indentured" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "indented" or "indentured" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "indented" and "indentured" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indented" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indentured" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #14,317 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indented" and "indentured" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indenture vs indentured". 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 #14,317 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.