Indus

/ˈɪn.dəs/

//ˈɪn.dəs// name

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"indus" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“Indus” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,126. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,126
frequency rank, English
2,140
“I” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
19
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.

Corpus desk

Index EN-indus · Indus · English

Indus · rank #26,126 · 7 variants · 19 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,126
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 19 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,140
  • PHOTO-FINISH indignation

Nearest frequency peer: indignation (-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 “Indus”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “Indus” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Indus vs ins
40% similar
Indus vs Indy
60% similar
Indus vs inns
40% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Indus
PropertyValue
HeadwordIndus
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechProper noun
IPA/ˈɪn.dəs/
Letters5
Frequency rank#26,126
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Indus”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).Induslands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “indignation” (#26,125), “ingrained” (#26,127), “importer” (#26,124). Among 2,140 “I” headwords, “Indus” is #26,126. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around Indus (IPA /ˈɪn.dəs/), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #26,126 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Indus, with forms such as "idnus", "inddus", and "indsu". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "ins", "Indy", "inns", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /⁠hiⁿduš⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎 (hiṇdu)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš or borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu) (wh… The correct English form is Indus, spelled I-N-D-U-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Indus appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The mighty Indus River that courses through Pakistan's second-most populous region is fed by dozens of mountain tributaries to the north, but many have burst their banks following record rains and glacier melt.
  2. Floods in the river Sutlej – which originates in Tibet and crosses India before merging into the Indus river – has completely cut off several villages and areas in Pakistan, submerging hundreds of hectares of farmland.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /⁠hiⁿduš⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎 (hiṇdu)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš or borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (síndhu) (whence Sindh). Another explication relates the origin of Indus to Indra which itself derives from the root indu, i.e. " water place or water spirit".

This word in other languages

Indo(Español)Indus(Français)Indus(Deutsch)Indo(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idnus
  • inddus
  • indsu
  • induss
  • inndus
  • inuds
  • nidus

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Indus - 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.

idnus2inddus1indsu2induss1inndus1inuds2nidus2
Edit distance from "Indus"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Indus"?
"Indus" is spelled I-N-D-U-S. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɪn.dəs/.
What does "Indus" mean?
As a proper noun, "Indus" means: A major river in China, India and Pakistan, rising in Tibet and flowing into the Arabian Sea.
What words are commonly confused with "Indus"?
"Indus" is commonly confused with "ins", "Indy", "inns". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Indus"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Indus" is /ˈɪn.dəs/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "Indus"?
Borrowed from Latin Indus, from Ancient Greek Ἰνδός (Indós), from Old Persian 𐏃𐎡𐎯𐎢𐏁 (h-i-du-u-š /⁠hiⁿduš⁠/), from Proto-Iranian *hínduš (compare Avestan 𐬵𐬌𐬧𐬛𐬎 (hiṇdu)), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *síndʰuš or borrowed from Sanskrit सिन्धु (s... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Indus", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inked#26,130Jayne#26,134howdy#26,116Hines#26,113

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

huddle7 variantsHSBC7 variantsharrow7 variantsmarge7 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list