indie
/ˈɪndi/adjective, noun
indie is spelled I-N-D-I-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,121st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, indie means “Independent; from outside the mainstream” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in indie?
| Letters | 5: I-N-D-I-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 10 times per million words; the 7,121st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is indie?
Indie appears 10 times per million words in written English, the 7,121st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce indie?
- /ˈɪndi/
Indie has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-indie.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of indie
- indies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does indie mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Independent; from outside the mainstream.
an indie pop group
noun
- 1
An independent publisher.
- 2
A work released by an independent publisher.
- 3
A type of rock music, generally soft-style without screaming or aggression, mixed with synthesized music and electronic.
- 4
A person who listens to indie music and follows indie fashion.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does indie come from?
From independent, by shortening, + -ie. Used of popular music since the 1980s, and of cinema for some decades before that.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).