Ind
/ɪnd/
"ind" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ind” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #13,538) as a proper noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #13,538
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - India; the East.
Corpus desk
Index EN-ind · Ind · English
Ind · rank #13,538 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,538
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH incorrectly
Nearest frequency peer: incorrectly (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “Ind”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- immensely
immensely
86,466 corpus weight
- inauguration
inauguration
86,465 corpus weight
- incorrectly
incorrectly
86,464 corpus weight
- Ind
Ind
86,463 corpus weight
- indicative
indicative
86,462 corpus weight
- inexpensive
inexpensive
86,461 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “Ind” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ind |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɪnd/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #13,538 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “Ind”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for Ind is neighbouring look-alikes ("is", "it", …), not just typos; it is aproper noun pronounced /ɪnd/. Frequency #13,538 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Gloss: "India; the East.".
No misspelling variants are generated for Ind in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "is", "it", "IV", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle French Inde, from Latin India. The correct English form is Ind, spelled I-N-D.
Definition
- 1India; the East.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Ind appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
From the east to western Ind, / No jewel is like Rosalind.
High on a throne of royal state , which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind
Etymology
From Middle French Inde, from Latin India.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Ind", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).