indiquer

/\ɛ̃.di.ke\/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,253

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

indiquer is aFrenchverb. It means: Montrer, désigner une personne ou une chose. Pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ke\. It ranks #5,253 in French word frequency. Often confused with inique and invoquer.

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)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of indiquer in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for indiquer is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.di.ke\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,253 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for indiquer, with forms such as "idniquer", "inddiquer", and "indiqeur". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "inique", "invoquer", "insinuer", and more, 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 French form is indiquer, spelled I-N-D-I-Q-U-E-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

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.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: idniquer,inddiquer,indiqeur,indiqquer,indiquerr,indiqure,indiuqer,indqiuer,inidquer,inndiquer,nidiquer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for indiquer

Misspelling Variants of "indiquer"

idniquer8inddiquer9indiqeur8indiqquer9indiquerr9indiqure8indiuqer8indqiuer8
Misspelling Variants of "indiquer"

Frequency rank: #5,253 in French

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 covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.