indu

\ɛ̃.dy\

/\ɛ̃.dy\/ adj

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The verdict

“indu” is uncommon French (frequency #60,097 among 3,561 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#60,097
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est contre ce que l’on doit, contre la raison, contre la règle, contre l’usage.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indu · indu · French

indu · rank #60,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #60,097
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH indexées

Nearest frequency peer: indexées (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « indu »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « indu » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for indu
PropertyValue
Headwordindu
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.dy\
Letters4
Frequency rank#60,097
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « indu » en français

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).indutombe dans cette queue de rareté:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Voisins rares de la même bande: « indexées » (#60,096), « indue » (#60,098), « incongrue » (#60,095). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indu » est au #60,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

indu is uncommon French at frequency #60,097 among 3,561 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.dy\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for indu in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is indu, spelled I-N-D-U.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est contre ce que l’on doit, contre la raison, contre la règle, contre l’usage.
  2. 2
    Que l’on ne doit pas.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Une réclamation indue.
  2. Il ne faut pas trop rire, dans ce pays-ci, de certaines menaces de vengeance, et il serait prudent de ne pas courir seul à des heures indues et par les quartiers les plus déserts et les plus dangereux de Venise.

Synonyms

déplacéinjustifiableinjuste

Antonyms

dû

This word in other languages

unjustified(English)indebido(Español)

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 "indu"?
"indu" is spelled I-N-D-U. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.dy\.
What does "indu" mean?
As an adjective, "indu" means: Qui est contre ce que l’on doit, contre la raison, contre la règle, contre l’usage.
How do you pronounce "indu"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indu" is \ɛ̃.dy\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indu" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

isin#60,116kora#60,143ksar#60,144lahm#60,150

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list