impliquevsimpliquéesConfusable pair

Which to use

“implique” and “impliquées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,762
“implique” frequency rank
#16,908
“impliquées” frequency rank
20670
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature implique impliquées
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de impliquer. Participe passé féminin pluriel de impliquer.

Where the eye mixes implique and impliquées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
implique
10 ch
impliquées

Look-alike desk: implique vs impliquées

A purely visual mix-up. implique (\ɛ̃.plik\) and impliquées (\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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20670, 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\. impliquées is at rank #16,908, 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 20670, this pair ranks #367,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of implique vs impliquées

Shared letters: eilmpqu. Private to "implique": -. Private to "impliquées": .

"implique" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVV  ·  "impliquées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • impliqueimlpique · immplique · impilque · impliqeu · impliqque · impliuqe · impllique · implqiue

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "implique" and "impliquées" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.plik\ versus \ɛ̃.pli.ke\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "implique" or "impliquées"?
"implique" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,762 in our French list, against #16,908 for "impliquées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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 "implique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "impliquées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #367,106 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "implique" and "impliquées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impliquées vs impliquent". 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 #367,106 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list