Which to use
“implique” and “impliquée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,762
- “implique” frequency rank
- #12,797
- “impliquée” frequency rank
- 16559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | implique | impliquée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de impliquer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de impliquer. |
Where the eye mixes implique and impliquée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. implique runs 8 letters (VCCCVCVV) against impliquée's 9 (VCCCVCVVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between implique and impliquée
A purely visual mix-up. implique (\ɛ̃.plik\) and impliquée (\ɛ̃.pli.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 16559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
implique is recorded at frequency rank #3,762, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.plik\. impliquée is at rank #12,797, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.pli.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 16559, this pair ranks #387,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of implique vs impliquée
Shared letters: eilmpqu. Private to "implique": -. Private to "impliquée": é.
"implique" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV · "impliquée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- implique ← imlpique · immplique · impilque · impliqeu · impliqque · impliuqe · impllique · implqiue
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "implique" and "impliquée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "implique" vs "impliquée" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "implique" and "impliquée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "implique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impliquée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,278 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "implique" and "impliquée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "implique vs italique". 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 #387,278 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.