indice

\ɛ̃.dis\

/\ɛ̃.dis\/ noun

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The verdict

“indice” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,337. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,337
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Signe apparent et probable qu’une chose existe ou s'est produite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indice · indice · French

indice · rank #3,337 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,337
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH galerie

Nearest frequency peer: galerie (-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 « indice »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « indice » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

indice vs Indre
50% similar
indice vs Indie
67% similar
indice vs invite
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for indice
PropertyValue
Headwordindice
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.dis\
Letters6
Frequency rank#3,337
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indice »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).indicese 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 « galerie » (#3,336), « interdiction » (#3,338), « future » (#3,335). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indice » est au #3,337. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around indice (IPA \ɛ̃.dis\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #3,337 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 8 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for indice, with forms such as "idnice", "indcie", and "inddice". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Indre", "Indie", "invite", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is indice, spelled I-N-D-I-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Signe apparent et probable qu’une chose existe ou s'est produite.
  2. 2
    Nombre permettant un classement ou une indexation.
  3. 3
    Quotient, rapport ou ratio d’un nombre à un autre.
  4. 4
    Indicateur économique.
  5. 5
    Notation de moindre corps, placée en position inférieure et à droite d’un élément du texte que l’indice complète; cette notation est utilisée entre autres pour numéroter des éléments d’ensembles dénombrables en mathématique ou exprimer des numéros atomiques en physique; l’indice est symétrique de l’exposant.
  6. 6
    Entier naturel repérant la position d'un élément dans une séquence.
  7. 7
    Coordonnée caractérisant la position d’une case d’un tableur.
  8. 8
    Manifestation directe et immédiatement perceptible d’un objet qui ne l’est pas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le surlendemain […] dans la soirée, la couleur bleue de l'eau, indice des grands fonds, m'apprenait ma sortie du golfe de Panama.
  2. Les recherches portant sur l’apparition des premiers indices d’anthropisation et l’évolution du signal anthropique sur le territoire français se sont particulièrement multipliées au cours de ces dernières années […].

Synonyms

marque

Antonyms

exposant

This word in other languages

clue(English)indicio(Español)Index(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idnice
  • indcie
  • inddice
  • indicce
  • indiec
  • inidce
  • inndice
  • nidice

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indice - 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.

idnice2indcie2inddice1indicce1indiec2inidce2inndice1nidice2
Edit distance from "indice"

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 "indice"?
"indice" is spelled I-N-D-I-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.dis\.
What does "indice" mean?
As a noun, "indice" means: Signe apparent et probable qu’une chose existe ou s'est produite.
What words are commonly confused with "indice"?
"indice" is commonly confused with "Indre", "Indie", "invite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indice"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indice" is \ɛ̃.dis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indice" come from?
"indice" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

future#3,335expert#3,330pascal#3,347Cousin#3,324

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

frank8 variantspierres8 variantsappelée8 variantssigner8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list