Case · Contextual word error
FDA DailyMed label said "indicted" instead of "indicated"
Human-verified by ContextRx · Company class: US generics labeler · Severity: high
Why doesn't spellcheck catch "indicted" for "indicated"?
A clinician or labeling reviewer opens prescribing info on FDA DailyMed and goes to Indications — the block that states what the product is for. That use statement is among the most reused sentences in a label set. Get the verb wrong once in a template and it can travel across PI, cartons, and markets.
Under a familiar skim, the line almost holds. Indications framing is where it should be. The sentence shape matches every other use statement. The eye expects the clinical term for labeled use and nearly supplies it — until the courtroom verb lands.
Then the room is wrong.
Published (paraphrased): the tablets are indicted for use in the labeled setting.
Required: the tablets are indicated for use in that setting.
ContextRx human-verified the contextual word error. Indicated is the clinical term for labeled use. Indicted is a legal verb — charged with a crime. Both are real English, correctly spelled. Spellcheck clears either. Anyone who writes or reviews Indications sentences hears the wrong room the moment the legal verb lands in a use statement.
"Indicted" and "indicated" share letters and rhythm. A paste or template edit can drop the courtroom verb into a clinical sentence. The line still reads. The formal statement of use is still wrong. A medical writer or RA lead does not need drama here — they need one more pass before release. Spelling tools have nothing to say; sense does. You can recover the intended meaning from context — and the published word is still wrong. Worth a read-aloud in the section that carries clinical eligibility language, not because it is theatrical, because it is wrong in the wrong section. A legal verb in the use statement is the kind of miss that survives a skim and dies in a read-aloud. Spellcheck will not thank you either way — both words were always in the dictionary. Get the verb right once in the template and it travels the same path the miss would have.
Company class: US generics labeler. No product name, no setid, no DailyMed link in this post.
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Why does one wrong verb in an Indications line spread?
Questions about this case
Why doesn't spellcheck catch "indicted" instead of "indicated"?
Both are real, correctly spelled words. Spellcheck checks spelling, not whether a legal verb belongs in a clinical use statement.
Why does a wrong word in an Indications statement matter?
The Indications line states what the product is for, and it is often reused across a label set, so one wrong word can travel through templates.
How would a reviewer catch it?
Read the use statement aloud for meaning. "Indicted" means charged with a crime, which is obviously wrong once heard.
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