Indian meal
"indian-meal" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Indian meal” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Cornmeal (made from maize); cornflour (made from maize).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Indian meal |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Indian meal” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Indian meal is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Cornmeal (made from maize); cornflour (made from maize).".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Indian meal in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Indian + meal. Since the early 17th century. The word Indian here is used in its New World sense. More at Indian corn. The correct English form is Indian meal, spelled I-N-D-I-A-N- -M-E-A-L.
Definition
- 1Cornmeal (made from maize); cornflour (made from maize).
Etymology
From Indian + meal. Since the early 17th century. The word Indian here is used in its New World sense. More at Indian corn.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Indian meal”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-D-I-A-N- -M-E-A-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
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.