indexation
"indexation" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“indexation” is uncommon English (frequency #70,772 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #70,772
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The adjustment of an economic variable (such as a salary) according to an index (such as that of inflation).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | indexation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #70,772 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “indexation” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
indexation is uncommon English at frequency #70,772 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The adjustment of an economic variable (such as a salary) according to an index (such as that of inflation).".
indexation doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French indexation. The correct English form is indexation, spelled I-N-D-E-X-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The adjustment of an economic variable (such as a salary) according to an index (such as that of inflation).
Etymology
From French indexation.
This word in other languages
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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- The one correct English spelling is I-N-D-E-X-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.