India
[ˈĩn̪d̪ja]
The verdict
“India” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,734 in Spanish word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #1,734
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - País del sur de Asia. Limita con el océano Índico, Pakistán, China, Nepal, Bután, Birmania, Bangladés y frente a sus costa sur se encuentra Sri Lanka.
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 | India |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | [ˈĩn̪d̪ja] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #1,734 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “India” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for India is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈĩn̪d̪ja]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,734 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "País del sur de Asia. Limita con el océano Índico, Pakistán, China, Nepal, Bután, Birmania, Bangladés y frente a sus costa sur se encuentra Sri Lanka.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for India, with forms such as "idnia", "indai", and "inddia". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Iria", "inti", "INDO", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is India, spelled I-N-D-I-A.
Definition
- 1País del sur de Asia. Limita con el océano Índico, Pakistán, China, Nepal, Bután, Birmania, Bangladés y frente a sus costa sur se encuentra Sri Lanka.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: idnia,indai,inddia,inida,inndia,nidia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of India - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “India”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-D-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈĩn̪d̪ja] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Iria” - see the side-by-side comparison. India vs Iria
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish 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.