subindex
noun
subindex is a noun meaning “A subsidiary index, or one that represents a sector of a larger one” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-U-B-I-N-D-E-X, and it appears about once in every 60 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of subindex is subindexes or subindices.
What does subindex mean?
noun
- 1
A subsidiary index, or one that represents a sector of a larger one
- 2
A subscript
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of subindex
- subindexes plural
- subindices plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is subindex?
Subindex appears about once in every 60 million words in written English, the 243,301st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does subindex come from?
From sub- + index.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).