indivsindiceWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: indi is a adverb, indice is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“indi” is an adverb and “indice” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,230
“indi” frequency rank
#3,337
“indice” frequency rank
49567
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indi indice
Definition Maintenant. Signe apparent et probable qu’une chose existe ou s'est produite.

Where the eye mixes indi and indice

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. indi runs 4 letters (VCCV) against indice's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
indi
6 ch
indice

Visual trap between indi and indice

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: indi is \in.ˈdi\ while indice is \ɛ̃.dis\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “indi” sits inside “indice”, and the parts of speech differ too (adverb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49567, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indi is recorded at frequency rank #46,230, classified as anadv, pronounced \in.ˈdi\. indice is at rank #3,337, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.dis\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 49567, this pair ranks #169,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of indi vs indice

Shared letters: din. Private to "indi": -. Private to "indice": ce.

"indi" · 4 letters · shape VCCV  ·  "indice" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • indi ← idni · inddi · inid · inndi · nidi
  • indice ← idnice · indcie · inddice · indicce · indiec · inidce · inndice · nidice

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "indi" and "indice" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "indi" is an adverb and "indice" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "indi" or "indice"?
"indice" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,337 in our French list, against #46,230 for "indi". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "indi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "indice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #169,584 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indi" and "indice" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indi vs isi". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #169,584 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list