indios

/[ˈĩn̪d̪jos]/ adj

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,190

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

15

similar word pairs

indios is anSpanishadj. It means: Forma del plural de indio. Pronounced [ˈĩn̪d̪jos]. It ranks #3,190 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with INDO and Indira.

Key facts for indios
PropertyValue
Headwordindios
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ˈĩn̪d̪jos]
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,190
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs15
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for indios is 6 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈĩn̪d̪jos]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,190 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Forma del plural de indio.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for indios, with forms such as "idnios", "inddios", and "indioss". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 15 confusable-pair relationships, "INDO", "Indira", "inicios", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 indios, spelled I-N-D-I-O-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Forma del plural de indio.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: idnios,inddios,indioss,indiso,indois,inidos,inndios,nidios

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for indios

Misspelling Variants of "indios"

idnios6inddios7indioss7indiso6indois6inidos6inndios7nidios6
Misspelling Variants of "indios"

Frequency rank: #3,190 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "indios"?
"indios" is spelled I-N-D-I-O-S. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈĩn̪d̪jos].
What does "indios" mean?
As an adj, "indios" means: Forma del plural de indio.
What words are commonly confused with "indios"?
"indios" is commonly confused with "INDO", "Indira", "inicios". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indios"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indios" is [ˈĩn̪d̪jos]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indios" come from?
"indios" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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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.