# indio vs Indus

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### Indus
*name · IPA /ˈɪn.dəs/ · frequency rank #26,126*
A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.

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