Which to use
“communiquée” and “communiquent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,938
- “communiquée” frequency rank
- #20,092
- “communiquent” frequency rank
- 46030
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | communiquée | communiquent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de communiquer. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de communiquer. |
Where the eye mixes communiquée and communiquent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. communiquée runs 11 letters (CVCCVCVCVVV) against communiquent's 12 (CVCCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses communiquée with communiquent
A purely visual mix-up. communiquée (\kɔ.my.ni.ke\) and communiquent (\kɔ.my.nik\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46030, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
communiquée is recorded at frequency rank #25,938, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.my.ni.ke\. communiquent is at rank #20,092, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.my.nik\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 46030, this pair ranks #198,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of communiquée vs communiquent
Shared letters: ceimnoqu. Private to "communiquée": é. Private to "communiquent": t.
"communiquée" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVV · "communiquent" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- communiquent ← ccommuniquent · cmomuniquent · commnuiquent · commuinquent · communiqeunt · communiqquent · communiquennt · communiquentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "communiquée" and "communiquent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "communiquée" vs "communiquent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "communiquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "communiquent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #198,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "communiquée" and "communiquent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "communiquée vs communiquées". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #198,167 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.