Indonesia
/ˌɪndəˈniːʒə/
"indonesia" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Indonesia” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,680. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,680
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of Indonesia (since 1950). Capital: Jakarta.
Corpus desk
Index EN-indonesia · Indonesia · English
Indonesia · rank #4,680 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-COMMON #4,680
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH inquiry
Nearest frequency peer: inquiry (+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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Indonesia”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- handled
handled
95,324 corpus weight
- hosted
hosted
95,323 corpus weight
- Indonesia
Indonesia
95,321 corpus weight
- inquiry
inquiry
95,320 corpus weight
- inspector
inspector
95,319 corpus weight
- jumped
jumped
95,318 corpus weight
What this shows “Indonesia” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Indonesia |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˌɪndəˈniːʒə/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #4,680 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Indonesia”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Indonesia (IPA /ˌɪndəˈniːʒə/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #4,680 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of Indonesia (since 1950). Capital: Jakarta.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Indonesia, with forms such as "idnonesia", "inddonesia", and "indnoesia". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Indonesian", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: (late nineteenth century) Attested circa 1850, composed of Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indian”) + Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”); initially, in competition with Insulinde, of the same meaning, lexically constructed on a Latin basis, or in reference … The correct English form is Indonesia, spelled I-N-D-O-N-E-S-I-A.
Definition
- 1A country and archipelago in maritime Southeast Asia. Official name: Republic of Indonesia (since 1950). Capital: Jakarta.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how Indonesia appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Nearly 80% of people in Indonesia are connected to the internet and people aged 16 to 64 spend an average of more than three hours a day on social media, according to the We Are Social 2023 Digital Report, which provides global social media insights.
Etymology
(late nineteenth century) Attested circa 1850, composed of Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós, “Indian”) + Ancient Greek νῆσος (nêsos, “island”); initially, in competition with Insulinde, of the same meaning, lexically constructed on a Latin basis, or in reference to the East Indies archipelago.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- idnonesia
- inddonesia
- indnoesia
- indoensia
- indoneisa
- indonesai
- indonessia
- indonnesia
- indonseia
- inndonesia
- inodnesia
- nidonesia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Indonesia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Indonesia", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).