inde

/ɛ̃d/

//ɛ̃d// noun

The verdict

“inde” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,554 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#72,554
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - indigo, a cor indigo

Corpus desk

Index PT-inde · inde · Portuguese

inde · rank #72,554 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #72,554
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH inexpugnável

Nearest frequency peer: inexpugnável (+3 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “inde”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “inde” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inde
PropertyValue
Headwordinde
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɛ̃d/
Letters4
Frequency rank#72,554
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “inde” em português

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).indecai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “inexpugnável” (#72,557), “intensivamente” (#72,560), “higienista” (#72,537). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “inde” fica em #72,554. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inde is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,554 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɛ̃d/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "indigo, a cor indigo".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for inde, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is inde, spelled I-N-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    indigo, a cor indigo

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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inde"?
"inde" is spelled I-N-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ɛ̃d/.
What does "inde" mean?
As a noun, "inde" means: indigo, a cor indigo
How do you pronounce "inde"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inde" is /ɛ̃d/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inde" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list