Indonesia
\in.do.ˈnɛ:.zja\
The verdict
“Indonesia” is uncommon French (frequency #66,825 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,825
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Indonésie.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Indonesia |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | \in.do.ˈnɛ:.zja\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #66,825 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Indonesia” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Indonesia is uncommon French at frequency #66,825 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed \in.do.ˈnɛ:.zja\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Indonésie.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for Indonesia, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is Indonesia, spelled I-N-D-O-N-E-S-I-A.
Definition
- 1Indonésie.
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.
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Using “Indonesia”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-D-O-N-E-S-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \in.do.ˈnɛ:.zja\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.