indicateur

\ɛ̃.di.ka.tœʁ\

/\ɛ̃.di.ka.tœʁ\/ adj

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The verdict

“indicateur” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,562. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,562
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui indique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indicateur · indicateur · French

indicateur · rank #8,562 · 14 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,562
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impliquant

Nearest frequency peer: impliquant (-1 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « indicateur »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « indicateur » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

indicateur vs indicateurs
91% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for indicateur
PropertyValue
Headwordindicateur
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.di.ka.tœʁ\
Letters10
Frequency rank#8,562
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indicateur »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.indicateurse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « impliquant » (#8,561), « indispensables » (#8,563), « hôtes » (#8,560). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indicateur » est au #8,562. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around indicateur (IPA \ɛ̃.di.ka.tœʁ\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #8,562 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Qui indique.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for indicateur, with forms such as "idnicateur", "indciateur", and "inddicateur". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "indicateurs", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is indicateur, spelled I-N-D-I-C-A-T-E-U-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui indique.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how indicateur appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Poteau indicateur.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idnicateur
  • indciateur
  • inddicateur
  • indiacteur
  • indicaetur
  • indicateru
  • indicateurr
  • indicatteur
  • indicatuer
  • indiccateur
  • indictaeur
  • inidcateur
  • inndicateur
  • nidicateur

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indicateur - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

idnicateur2indciateur2inddicateur1indiacteur2indicaetur2indicateru2indicateurr1indicatteur1
Edit distance from "indicateur"

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

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "indicateur"?
"indicateur" is spelled I-N-D-I-C-A-T-E-U-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.di.ka.tœʁ\.
What does "indicateur" mean?
As an adjective, "indicateur" means: Qui indique.
What words are commonly confused with "indicateur"?
"indicateur" is commonly confused with "indicateurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indicateur"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indicateur" is \ɛ̃.di.ka.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indicateur" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

impliquant#8,561longuement#8,577ordinaires#8,591demoiselle#8,527

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

minorités14 variantsportables14 variantscollectifs14 variantsreprennent14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list