indicesvsIndieTell them apart

Quick tell: indices is a verb, Indie is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“indices” is a verb and “Indie” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#35,562
“indices” frequency rank
#15,644
“Indie” frequency rank
51206
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indices Indie
Definition Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de subjuntivo de indizar. India.

Where the eye mixes indices and Indie

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. indices runs 7 letters (VCCVCVC) against Indie's 5 (VCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
indices
5 ch
Indie

Visual trap between indices and Indie

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: indices is [ĩn̪ˈd̪ises] while Indie is /ˈin.djɛ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51206, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indices is recorded at frequency rank #35,562, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩn̪ˈd̪ises]. Indie is at rank #15,644, tagged as aname, pronounced /ˈin.djɛ/.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 51206, this pair ranks #99,064 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of indices vs Indie

Shared letters: dein. Private to "indices": cs. Private to "Indie": -.

"indices" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "Indie" · 5 letters · shape VCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • indices ← idnices · indcies · inddices · indicces · indicess · indicse · indiecs · indises
  • Indie ← idnie · inddie · indei · inide · inndie · nidie

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "indices" and "Indie" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "indices" is a verb and "Indie" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "indices" or "Indie" show up more?
"Indie" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,644 in our Spanish list, against #35,562 for "indices". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "indices" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Indie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #99,064 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indices" and "Indie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indices vs inducen". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #99,064 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list