indic

\ɛ̃.dik\

/\ɛ̃.dik\/ noun

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The verdict

“indic” is uncommon French (frequency #60,876 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,876
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Personne qui renseigne la police.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indic · indic · French

indic · rank #60,876 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,876
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inatteignable

Nearest frequency peer: inatteignable (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « indic »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « indic » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for indic
PropertyValue
Headwordindic
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.dik\
Letters5
Frequency rank#60,876
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « indic » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.indictombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « inatteignable » (#60,875), « inflexions » (#60,877), « inachevées » (#60,874). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indic » est au #60,876. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

indic is uncommon French at frequency #60,876 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.dik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Personne qui renseigne la police.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for indic, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is indic, spelled I-N-D-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Personne qui renseigne la police.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Oh ! il vend tout c’que vous voudrez, car, en plus de scieur de dés, c’est un indic.
  2. Ils n’étaient donc pas demeurés les bras croisés, et avaient dû glaner les mêmes renseignements que Fabio, finalement. Car eux aussi, ils avaient leurs indics, tout compte fait…

Synonyms

balancecafteurcousindélateurdonneusemouchard

This word in other languages

informant(English)soplón(Español)Informant(Deutsch)

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 "indic"?
"indic" is spelled I-N-D-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.dik\.
What does "indic" mean?
As a noun, "indic" means: Personne qui renseigne la police.
How do you pronounce "indic"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indic" is \ɛ̃.dik\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indic" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list