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 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,828
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of indicium

Corpus desk

Index EN-indicia · indicia · English

indicia · rank #93,828 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,828
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH infectivity

Nearest frequency peer: infectivity (+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.

Long-tail ranks near “indicia”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “indicia” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for indicia
PropertyValue
Headwordindicia
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#93,828
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “indicia” in English

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “infectivity” (#93,829), “infringer” (#93,830), “immunogenicity” (#93,825). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “indicia” is #93,828. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

indicia is uncommon English at frequency #93,828 among 2,140 “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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how indicia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. This document has none of the indicia of a contract of adhesion.
  2. Anna looked at the soul of New York and recognized that if you distract people with shiny objects, with large wads of cash, with the indicia of wealth, if you show them the money, they will be virtually unable to see anything else.

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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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "indicia", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Ironton#93,840Jacinda#93,850kercher#93,873kringle#93,885

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list