Which to use
“communiquées” and “communiquent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,303
- “communiquées” frequency rank
- #20,092
- “communiquent” frequency rank
- 46395
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | communiquées | communiquent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de communiquer. | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de communiquer. |
Where the eye mixes communiquées and communiquent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. communiquées (CVCCVCVCVVVC) and communiquent (CVCCVCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: communiquées vs communiquent
A purely visual mix-up. communiquées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46395, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
communiquées is recorded at frequency rank #26,303, 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 46395, this pair ranks #195,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of communiquées vs communiquent
Shared letters: ceimnoqu. Private to "communiquées": sé. Private to "communiquent": t.
"communiquées" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVVC · "communiquent" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- communiquent ← ccommuniquent · cmomuniquent · commnuiquent · commuinquent · communiqeunt · communiqquent · communiquennt · communiquentt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "communiquées" for "communiquent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "communiquées" vs "communiquent" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "communiquées" 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 #195,295 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "communiquées" 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 #195,295 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.