Indianapolis

\in.dja.na.pɔ.lis\

/\in.dja.na.pɔ.lis\/ name

The verdict

“Indianapolis” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #31,077. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#31,077
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Capitale de l’État d’Indiana des États-Unis.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indianapolis · Indianapolis · French

Indianapolis · rank #31,077 · 17 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #31,077
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inculpés

Nearest frequency peer: inculpés (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « Indianapolis »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Indianapolis » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Indianapolis
PropertyValue
HeadwordIndianapolis
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\in.dja.na.pɔ.lis\
Letters12
Frequency rank#31,077
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Indianapolis »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Indianapolisse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « inculpés » (#31,076), « indonésien » (#31,078), « incomplètes » (#31,075). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « Indianapolis » est au #31,077. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around Indianapolis (IPA \in.dja.na.pɔ.lis\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #31,077 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Capitale de l’État d’Indiana des États-Unis.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for Indianapolis, with forms such as "idnianapolis", "indainapolis", and "inddianapolis". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is Indianapolis, spelled I-N-D-I-A-N-A-P-O-L-I-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Capitale de l’État d’Indiana des États-Unis.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Indianapolis appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Mais en 1922, de nouvelles championnes s'inscrivaient au palmarès américain : Hélène Wainwright enlevait le 100 yards, cependant que la future triomphatrice de la Manche, Gertrude Éderlé, alors âgée de 14 ans, en remportant, en bassin le 100 yards à Indianapolis, en 500 mètres en 7'22" 2/10 (ce qui établissait le record du monde) battait au passage en 5'5…

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idnianapolis
  • indainapolis
  • inddianapolis
  • indiaanpolis
  • indianaoplis
  • indianaplois
  • indianapoils
  • indianapoliss
  • indianapollis
  • indianapolsi
  • indianappolis
  • indiannapolis
  • indianpaolis
  • indinaapolis
  • inidanapolis
  • inndianapolis
  • nidianapolis

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Indianapolis - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

idnianapolis2indainapolis2inddianapolis1indiaanpolis2indianaoplis2indianaplois2indianapoils2indianapoliss1
Edit distance from "Indianapolis"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Indianapolis"?
"Indianapolis" is spelled I-N-D-I-A-N-A-P-O-L-I-S. The IPA pronunciation is \in.dja.na.pɔ.lis\.
What does "Indianapolis" mean?
As a proper noun, "Indianapolis" means: Capitale de l’État d’Indiana des États-Unis.
What are common misspellings of "Indianapolis"?
Common misspellings include "idnianapolis", "indainapolis", "inddianapolis", "indiaanpolis", "indianaoplis". The correct spelling is "Indianapolis".
How do you pronounce "Indianapolis"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Indianapolis" is \in.dja.na.pɔ.lis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Indianapolis" come from?
"Indianapolis" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Indianapolis", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list