# indented

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪnˈdɛntɪd/ · frequency rank #44,269

## Definitions
1. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.
2. Having an irregular, uneven; sinuous; undulating.
3. Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
5. Notched along the margin with a different colour, like the feathers of some birds.

## Etymology
From indent + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **intended** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indented-vs-intended)
- **invested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indented-vs-invested)
- **invented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indented-vs-invented)
- **infected** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indented-vs-infected)
- **inserted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indented-vs-inserted)
- **inverted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indented-vs-inverted)
- **indentured** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indented-vs-indentured)
- **indeed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indeed-vs-indented)
- **indebted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indebted-vs-indented)
- **incensed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incensed-vs-indented)

## Common misspellings (12)
`idnented`, `inddented`, `indenetd`, `indennted`, `indentde`, `indentedd`, `indentted`, `indetned`, `indneted`, `inednted`, `inndented`, `nidented`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/indented