Which to use
“communiquent” and “communiquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #20,092
- “communiquent” frequency rank
- #3,988
- “communiquer” frequency rank
- 24080
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | communiquent | communiquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de communiquer. | Rendre commun à, faire part de, transmettre. |
Where the eye mixes communiquent and communiquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. communiquent runs 12 letters (CVCCVCVCVVCC) against communiquer's 11 (CVCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between communiquent and communiquer
A purely visual mix-up. communiquent (\kɔ.my.nik\) and communiquer (\kɔ.my.ni.ke\) 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 24080, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
communiquent is recorded at frequency rank #20,092, classified as averb, pronounced \kɔ.my.nik\. communiquer is at rank #3,988, tagged as averb, pronounced \kɔ.my.ni.ke\.
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 24080, this pair ranks #348,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of communiquent vs communiquer
Shared letters: ceimnoqu. Private to "communiquent": t. Private to "communiquer": r.
"communiquent" · 12 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVCC · "communiquer" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- communiquent ← ccommuniquent · cmomuniquent · commnuiquent · commuinquent · communiqeunt · communiqquent · communiquennt · communiquentt
- communiquer ← ccommuniquer · cmomuniquer · commnuiquer · commuinquer · communiqeur · communiqquer · communiquerr · communiqure
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "communiquent" and "communiquer" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "communiquent" or "communiquer" show up more?
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 "communiquent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "communiquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #348,742 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "communiquent" and "communiquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "communier vs communiquer". 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 #348,742 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.