Indore
"indore" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Indore” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #43,705 in English word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #43,705
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 15
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The largest city in Madhya Pradesh, India.
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 | Indore |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #43,705 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 15 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Indore” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Indore is 6 letters long, classified as a proper noun. Corpus data places it at rank #43,705 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for Indore, with forms such as "idnore", "inddore", and "indoer". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "Indra", "Inoue", "inform", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindustani اِنْدَور / इंदौर (indaur). The correct English form is Indore, spelled I-N-D-O-R-E.
Definition
- 1The largest city in Madhya Pradesh, India.
- 2A district of Madhya Pradesh, India, containing the city of the same name.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindustani اِنْدَور / इंदौर (indaur).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: idnore,inddore,indoer,indorre,indroe,inndore,inodre,nidore
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Indore - 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 “Indore”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-D-O-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “Indra” - see the side-by-side comparison. Indore vs Indra
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.