indígena
[ĩn̪ˈd̪ixena]
The verdict
“indígena” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #3,791. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #3,791
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Persona o cosa que es originaria de un lugar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-indigena · indígena · Spanish
indígena · rank #3,791 · 11 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #3,791
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 11 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH indio
Nearest frequency peer: indio (-1 rank slots)
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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “indígena”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- hiciera
hiciera
96,213 corpus weight
- hilo
hilo
96,212 corpus weight
- indio
indio
96,211 corpus weight
- indígena
indígena
96,210 corpus weight
- interesados
interesados
96,209 corpus weight
- jack
jack
96,208 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “indígena” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | indígena |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ĩn̪ˈd̪ixena] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #3,791 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “indígena” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around indígena (IPA [ĩn̪ˈd̪ixena]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,791 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Persona o cosa que es originaria de un lugar.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for indígena, with forms such as "idnígena", "inddígena", and "indgíena". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "indigna", "indigno", "indignan", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is indígena, spelled I-N-D-Í-G-E-N-A.
Definition
- 1Persona o cosa que es originaria de un lugar.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- idnígena
- inddígena
- indgíena
- indíegna
- indígean
- indígenna
- indíggena
- indígnea
- inndígena
- inídgena
- nidígena
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indígena - 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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "indígena", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "indígena" maps to 7 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "indigna". View pair
- 11 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #3,791 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "I" letter cohort. I–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
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.