indígena

//ĩ.ˈdi.ʒɨ.nɐ// adj

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#4,826

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

indígena is anPortugueseadj. It means: dos povos nativos da América Pronounced /ĩ.ˈdi.ʒɨ.nɐ/. It ranks #4,826 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with indigno and indireta.

Key facts for indígena
PropertyValue
Headwordindígena
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
IPA/ĩ.ˈdi.ʒɨ.nɐ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#4,826
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of indígena in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for indígena is 8 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.ˈdi.ʒɨ.nɐ/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,826 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for indígena, with forms such as "idnígena", "inddígena", and "indgíena". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "indigno", "indireta", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is indígena, spelled I-N-D-Í-G-E-N-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    dos povos nativos da América
  2. 2
    que é originário do país ou da região em questão

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: idnígena,inddígena,indgíena,indíegna,indígean,indígenna,indíggena,indígnea,inndígena,inídgena,nidígena

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for indígena

Misspelling Variants of "indígena"

idnígena8inddígena9indgíena8indíegna8indígean8indígenna9indíggena9indígnea8
Misspelling Variants of "indígena"

Frequency rank: #4,826 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "indígena"?
"indígena" is spelled I-N-D-Í-G-E-N-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.ˈdi.ʒɨ.nɐ/.
What does "indígena" mean?
As an adj, "indígena" means: dos povos nativos da América
What words are commonly confused with "indígena"?
"indígena" is commonly confused with "indigno", "indireta". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indígena"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indígena" is /ĩ.ˈdi.ʒɨ.nɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indígena" come from?
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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.