Indes
\ɛ̃d\
The verdict
“Indes” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #11,073 in French word frequency and used as a proper noun.
- #11,073
- frequency rank, French
- 5
- letters
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pluriel du mot Inde utilisé pour désigner cette région du monde, sans se référer à un État précis, et en particulier pour désigner les territoires d’Asie du Sud et d’Asie du Sud-Est, c'est-à-dire l...
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 | Indes |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃d\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #11,073 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Indes” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for Indes is 5 letters long, classified as a proper noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃d\. Corpus data places it at rank #11,073 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Pluriel du mot Inde utilisé pour désigner cette région du monde, sans se référer à un État précis, et en particulier pour désigner les territoires d’Asie du Sud et d’Asie du Sud-Est, c'est-à-dire l...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for Indes, with forms such as "idnes", "inddes", and "indess". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ins", "indo", "inné", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is Indes, spelled I-N-D-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel du mot Inde utilisé pour désigner cette région du monde, sans se référer à un État précis, et en particulier pour désigner les territoires d’Asie du Sud et d’Asie du Sud-Est, c'est-à-dire le Béloutchistan iranien, le Pakistan, la République de l’Inde, le Népal, le Bhoutan, le Bangladesh, le Myanmar, le Sri Lanka, les Maldives, la Thaïlande, la Malaisie, le Viêt Nam, le Cambodge, le Laos, les Philippines, Brunéi, Singapour, le Timor oriental et l’Indonésie (appelée Indes orientales néerlandaises avant l’indépendance), à l’exception de l’Irian Jaya, qui fait partie de la Mélanésie.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: idnes,inddes,indess,indse,ineds,inndes,nides
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Indes - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Indes”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-D-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃d\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “ins” - see the side-by-side comparison. Indes vs ins
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.