indicates
/ˈɪndɪkeɪts/
"indicates" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“indicates” has 13 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,766. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,766
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - third-person singular simple present indicative of indicate
Corpus desk
Index EN-indicates · indicates · English
indicates · rank #4,766 · 13 variants · 4 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,766
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 13 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Harvard
Nearest frequency peer: Harvard (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “indicates”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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95,238 corpus weight
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habit
95,237 corpus weight
- Harvard
Harvard
95,236 corpus weight
- indicates
indicates
95,235 corpus weight
- isolated
isolated
95,234 corpus weight
- jealous
jealous
95,233 corpus weight
What this shows “indicates” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | indicates |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈɪndɪkeɪts/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,766 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “indicates”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 13 spelling variants around indicates (IPA /ˈɪndɪkeɪts/), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,766 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "third-person singular simple present indicative of indicate".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for indicates, with forms such as "idnicates", "indciates", and "inddicates". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "indices", "indicator", "indicate", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is indicates, spelled I-N-D-I-C-A-T-E-S.
Definition
- 1third-person singular simple present indicative of indicate
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- idnicates
- indciates
- inddicates
- indiactes
- indicaets
- indicatess
- indicatse
- indicattes
- indiccates
- indictaes
- inidcates
- inndicates
- nidicates
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indicates - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).