Indochine

\ɛ̃.dɔ.ʃin\

/\ɛ̃.dɔ.ʃin\/ name

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The verdict

“Indochine” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,285. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,285
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Péninsule du continent asiatique située au sud de la Chine et à l’est de l’Inde, comprenant la Birmanie, le Cambodge, le Laos, la Thaïlande et le Vietnam.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indochine · Indochine · French

Indochine · rank #14,285 · 13 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,285
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inaccessible

Nearest frequency peer: inaccessible (-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 « Indochine »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « Indochine » 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 Indochine
PropertyValue
HeadwordIndochine
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɛ̃.dɔ.ʃin\
Letters9
Frequency rank#14,285
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Indochine »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Indochinese 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 « inaccessible » (#14,284), « inertie » (#14,286), « IBM » (#14,283). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « Indochine » est au #14,285. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Indochine (IPA \ɛ̃.dɔ.ʃin\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #14,285 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Indochine, with forms such as "idnochine", "indcohine", and "inddochine". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is Indochine, spelled I-N-D-O-C-H-I-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Péninsule du continent asiatique située au sud de la Chine et à l’est de l’Inde, comprenant la Birmanie, le Cambodge, le Laos, la Thaïlande et le Vietnam.
  2. 2
    Indochine française.
  3. 3
    Guerre d’Indochine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Certaines notions qui lui sont très familières aux siècles classiques — comme celles de l’hybris et de la némésis — se retrouvent chez des populations aussi peu évoluées que les tribus Moïs du sud de l’Indochine.
  2. […] il me touchait presque et hurlait: « Tu vas parler ! Tout le monde doit parler ici ! On a fait la guerre en Indochine, ça nous a servi pour vous connaître. Ici, c'est la Gestapo ! Tu connais la Gestapo ? »

Synonyms

Asie du Sud-Est continentalepéninsule indochinoise

This word in other languages

Indochina(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idnochine
  • indcohine
  • inddochine
  • indocchine
  • indochhine
  • indochien
  • indochinne
  • indochnie
  • indocihne
  • indohcine
  • inndochine
  • inodchine
  • nidochine

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

idnochine2indcohine2inddochine1indocchine1indochhine1indochien2indochinne1indochnie2
Edit distance from "Indochine"

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 "Indochine"?
"Indochine" is spelled I-N-D-O-C-H-I-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.dɔ.ʃin\.
What does "Indochine" mean?
As a proper noun, "Indochine" means: Péninsule du continent asiatique située au sud de la Chine et à l’est de l’Inde, comprenant la Birmanie, le Cambodge, le Laos, la Thaïlande et le Vietnam.
What are common misspellings of "Indochine"?
Common misspellings include "idnochine", "indcohine", "inddochine", "indocchine", "indochhine". The correct spelling is "Indochine".
How do you pronounce "Indochine"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Indochine" is \ɛ̃.dɔ.ʃin\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Indochine" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

innocente#14,287Louisiane#14,306fontaines#14,263exprimant#14,260

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

japonaises13 variantsgaspillage13 variantsmaladroit13 variantscroyaient13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list