índigo

/[ˈĩn̪d̪iɣ̞o]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#54,635

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

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índigo is aSpanishnoun. It means: Color azul muy intenso, próximo al violeta. Pronounced [ˈĩn̪d̪iɣ̞o].

Key facts for índigo
PropertyValue
Headwordíndigo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈĩn̪d̪iɣ̞o]
Letters6
Frequency rank#54,635
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of índigo in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for índigo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈĩn̪d̪iɣ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #54,635 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

No frequent misspelling variants are recorded for índigo in our index, suggesting the orthography either follows predictable Spanish patterns or the word is uncommon enough that typo corpora lack signal.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is índigo, spelled Í-N-D-I-G-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Color azul muy intenso, próximo al violeta.
  2. 2
    (Indigofera tinctoria) Arbusto asiático, de la familia de las fabáceas, cultivado desde la Antigüedad por el pigmento de intenso color azul que se obtiene de la fermentación de sus hojas. Es una planta perenne en climas adecuadas, con hojas pinnadas de color verde intenso e inflorescencias en espiga de vistoso color rosado. Por su capacidad de fijar el nitrógeno en el suelo, se cultiva en rotación con otras plantaciones de interés comercial, y como fuente de tinte natural aún en la actualidad.
  3. 3
    Pigmento azul obtenido de esta planta.

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Frequency rank: #54,635 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "índigo"?
"índigo" is spelled Í-N-D-I-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈĩn̪d̪iɣ̞o].
What does "índigo" mean?
As a noun, "índigo" means: Color azul muy intenso, próximo al violeta.
How do you pronounce "índigo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "índigo" is [ˈĩn̪d̪iɣ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "índigo" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.