indica

/\inˈdi.ka\/ verb

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#49,148

in French word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

indica is aFrenchverb. It means: Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de indicar. Pronounced \inˈdi.ka\. Often confused with Indie and INRIA.

Key facts for indica
PropertyValue
Headwordindica
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\inˈdi.ka\
Letters6
Frequency rank#49,148
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of indica in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for indica is 6 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \inˈdi.ka\. Corpus data places it at rank #49,148 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for indica, with forms such as "idnica", "indcia", and "inddica". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "Indie", "INRIA", "indice", 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 French form is indica, spelled I-N-D-I-C-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de indicar.
  2. 2
    Deuxième personne du singulier (tú) de l’impératif de de indicar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: idnica,indcia,inddica,indiac,indicca,inidca,inndica,nidica

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for indica

Misspelling Variants of "indica"

idnica6indcia6inddica7indiac6indicca7inidca6inndica7nidica6
Misspelling Variants of "indica"

Frequency rank: #49,148 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "indica"?
"indica" is spelled I-N-D-I-C-A. The IPA pronunciation is \inˈdi.ka\.
What does "indica" mean?
As a verb, "indica" means: Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de indicar.
What words are commonly confused with "indica"?
"indica" is commonly confused with "Indie", "INRIA", "indice". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indica"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indica" is \inˈdi.ka\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indica" come from?
"indica" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby French words

Other entries that begin with the letter I in our French index:

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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.