indicia

noun

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"indicia" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“indicia” is uncommon English (frequency #93,828 among 17,902 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,828
frequency rank, English
17,902
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of indicium

Key facts for indicia
PropertyValue
Headwordindicia
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#93,828
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “indicia” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). indicia lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

indicia is uncommon English at frequency #93,828 among 17,902 “I” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

indicia doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin indicia, plural of indicium (“a notice, information, discovery, sign, mark, token”), from index (“index”); see index. The correct English form is indicia, spelled I-N-D-I-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    plural of indicium
  2. 2
    Indications or signs.
  3. 3
    Distinctive markings.

Etymology

From Latin indicia, plural of indicium (“a notice, information, discovery, sign, mark, token”), from index (“index”); see index.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "indicia"?
"indicia" is spelled I-N-D-I-C-I-A.
What does "indicia" mean?
As a noun, "indicia" means: plural of indicium
What is the origin of the word "indicia"?
From Latin indicia, plural of indicium (“a notice, information, discovery, sign, mark, token”), from index (“index”); see index. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Using “indicia”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is I-N-D-I-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words

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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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list