indiquer

\ɛ̃.di.ke\

/\ɛ̃.di.ke\/ verb

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The verdict

“indiquer” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,253. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,253
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Montrer, désigner une personne ou une chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-indiquer · indiquer · French

indiquer · rank #5,253 · 11 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,253
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH imaginez

Nearest frequency peer: imaginez (-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 « indiquer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « indiquer » 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).

indiquer vs inique
75% similar
indiquer vs invoquer
75% similar
indiquer vs insinuer
75% similar

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

Key facts for indiquer
PropertyValue
Headwordindiquer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.di.ke\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,253
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « indiquer »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.indiquerse 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 « imaginez » (#5,252), « horaires » (#5,251), « installe » (#5,255). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « indiquer » est au #5,253. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around indiquer (IPA \ɛ̃.di.ke\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,253 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for indiquer, with forms such as "idniquer", "inddiquer", and "indiqeur". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "inique", "invoquer", "insinuer", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is indiquer, spelled I-N-D-I-Q-U-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Montrer, désigner une personne ou une chose.
  2. 2
    Faire connaître, enseigner à quelqu’un une chose ou une personne qu’il cherche ou qui peut lui être utile.
  3. 3
    Déterminer, assigner.
  4. 4
    Faire connaître l’existence d’une chose.
  5. 5
    Marquer, représenter quelque objet, sans trop s’attacher aux détails.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Indiquer une chose du doigt.
  2. Allez à la place que je vous indique.

This word in other languages

indicate(English)indicar(Español)zeigen(Deutsch)apontar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idniquer
  • inddiquer
  • indiqeur
  • indiqquer
  • indiquerr
  • indiqure
  • indiuqer
  • indqiuer
  • inidquer
  • inndiquer
  • nidiquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of indiquer - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

idniquer2inddiquer1indiqeur2indiqquer1indiquerr1indiqure2indiuqer2indqiuer2
Edit distance from "indiquer"

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 "indiquer"?
"indiquer" is spelled I-N-D-I-Q-U-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.di.ke\.
What does "indiquer" mean?
As a verb, "indiquer" means: Montrer, désigner une personne ou une chose.
What words are commonly confused with "indiquer"?
"indiquer" is commonly confused with "inique", "invoquer", "insinuer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "indiquer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "indiquer" is \ɛ̃.di.ke\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "indiquer" come from?
"indiquer" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

imaginez#5,252horaires#5,251installe#5,255exploser#5,245

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Francis11 variantsenveloppe11 variantsofficiels11 variantsparlons11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list