# indio

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #42,201

## Definitions
1. A member of one of various indigenous peoples in the Americas, Pacific, and East Asia formerly subject to Spain or Portugal, specifically a Native American in Mexico or Brazil, or an indigenous inhabitant of the Philippines.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish indio, Portuguese índio.

## Easily confused with
- **into** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indio-vs-into)
- **info** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indio-vs-info)
- **Indy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indio-vs-indy)
- **Indo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indio-vs-indo)
- **init** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indio-vs-init)
- **intro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indio-vs-intro)
- **Indus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indio-vs-indus)
- **Inuit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indio-vs-inuit)
- **Indra** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indio-vs-indra)
- **innit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indio-vs-innit)
- **indoor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indio-vs-indoor)
- **Indira** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indio-vs-indira)
- **Ind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ind-vs-indio)
- **Indi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indi-vs-indio)
- **India** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/india-vs-indio)
- **index** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/index-vs-indio)
- **idiot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/idiot-vs-indio)
- **indie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-indio)
- **idiom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/idiom-vs-indio)
- **Indian** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indian-vs-indio)

## Common misspellings (6)
`idnio`, `inddio`, `indoi`, `inido`, `inndio`, `nidio`

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