Indien d’Amérique
\ɛ̃.djɛ̃ da.me.ʁik\
The verdict
“Indien d’Amérique” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 17
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Habitant de l’Amérique dont les ancêtres habitaient déjà le continent avant l’arrivée des Européens.
Corpus desk
Index FR-indien-d-amerique · Indien d’Amérique · French
Indien d’Amérique · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 17 letters
- VOW-8 8 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Indien d’Amérique |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.djɛ̃ da.me.ʁik\ |
| Letters | 17 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « Indien d’Amérique » en français
Rare enough to double-check
Indien d’Amérique is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ɛ̃.djɛ̃ da.me.ʁik\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Habitant de l’Amérique dont les ancêtres habitaient déjà le continent avant l’arrivée des Européens.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Indien d’Amérique, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is Indien d’Amérique, spelled I-N-D-I-E-N- -D-’-A-M-É-R-I-Q-U-E.
Definition
- 1Habitant de l’Amérique dont les ancêtres habitaient déjà le continent avant l’arrivée des Européens.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Indien d’Amérique appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
« C’est fascinant la manière dont les empires réécrivent l’histoire, a-t-il estimé. On oublie par exemple que Christophe Colomb a combattu les Indiens d’Amérique ».
[…] la triste destinée des Indiens d’Amérique.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.