# Indi vs indio

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Indi
*name · IPA /ˈɪn.daɪ/ · frequency rank #40,294*
A locality in the Snowy Valleys council area, south eastern New South Wales, Australia.

### indio
*noun · frequency rank #42,201*
A member of one of various indigenous peoples in the Americas, Pacific, and East Asia formerly subject to Spain or Portugal, specifically a Native American in Mexico or Brazil, or an indigenous inhabitant of the Philippines.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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