# individual

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪndɪˈvɪd͡ʒʊəl/ · frequency rank #1,082

## Definitions
1. A person considered alone, rather than as belonging to a group of people.
2. A single physical human being as a legal subject, as opposed to a legal person such as a corporation.
3. An object, be it a thing or an agent, as contrasted to a class.
4. An element belonging to a population.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Medieval Latin indīviduālis, from Latin indīviduum (“an indivisible thing”), neuter of indīviduus (“indivisible, undivided”), from in + dīviduus (“divisible”), from dīvidō (“divide”).

## Easily confused with
- **individuals** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/individual-vs-individuals)
- **individually** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/individual-vs-individually)

## Common misspellings (14)
`idnividual`, `inddividual`, `indiivdual`, `indivdiual`, `individaul`, `individdual`, `individuall`, `individula`, `indiviudal`, `indivvidual`, `indviidual`, `inidvidual`, `inndividual`, `nidividual`

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