Indonesian
/ˌɪndəˈniːʒən/
"indonesian" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Indonesian” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,439. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,439
- frequency rank, English
- 17,902
- “I” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Of or relating to Indonesia or its people or language.
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 | Indonesian |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˌɪndəˈniːʒən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #8,439 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Indonesian” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around Indonesian (IPA /ˌɪndəˈniːʒən/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,439 among 17,902 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Of or relating to Indonesia or its people or language.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Indonesian, with forms such as "idnonesian", "inddonesian", and "indnoesian". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Indonesia", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Indonesia + -an. The correct English form is Indonesian, spelled I-N-D-O-N-E-S-I-A-N.
Definition
- 1Of or relating to Indonesia or its people or language.
Etymology
From Indonesia + -an.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- idnonesian
- inddonesian
- indnoesian
- indoensian
- indoneisan
- indonesain
- indonesiann
- indonesina
- indonessian
- indonnesian
- indonseian
- inndonesian
- inodnesian
- nidonesian
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Indonesian - 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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Using “Indonesian”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-D-O-N-E-S-I-A-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌɪndəˈniːʒən/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Indonesia” - see the side-by-side comparison. Indonesian vs Indonesia
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.