inde
/ɛ̃d/
The verdict
“inde” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #72,554 among 1,526 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,554
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,526
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - indigo, a cor indigo
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inde |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɛ̃d/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #72,554 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inde” sits in Portuguese frequency
Rare enough to double-check
inde is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #72,554 among 1,526 “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
- 1indigo, 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.
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Using “inde”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-D-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɛ̃d/ (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.