# indie

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈɪndi/ · frequency rank #7,140

## Definitions
1. Independent; from outside the mainstream.

## Etymology
From independent, by shortening, + -ie. Used of popular music since the 1980s, and of cinema for some decades before that.

## Easily confused with
- **Indy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-indy)
- **Indo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-indo)
- **init** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-init)
- **Indus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-indus)
- **Inuit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-inuit)
- **Indra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-indra)
- **innit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-innit)
- **indio** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-indio)
- **INTHE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-inthe)
- **Inoue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-inoue)
- **inside** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-inside)
- **invite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-invite)
- **Indies** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-indies)
- **induce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-induce)
- **indigo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-indigo)
- **iodine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-iodine)
- **inline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-inline)
- **Indira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-indira)
- **Indore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-indore)
- **iodide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-iodide)

## Common misspellings (6)
`idnie`, `inddie`, `indei`, `inide`, `inndie`, `nidie`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/indie