Which to use
“impliquées” and “impliquent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,908
- “impliquées” frequency rank
- #16,150
- “impliquent” frequency rank
- 33058
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | impliquées | impliquent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de impliquer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de impliquer. |
Where the eye mixes impliquées and impliquent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. impliquées (VCCCVCVVVC) and impliquent (VCCCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between impliquées and impliquent
A purely visual mix-up. impliquées (\ɛ̃.pli.ke\) and impliquent (\ɛ̃.plik\) 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 33058, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
impliquées is recorded at frequency rank #16,908, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.pli.ke\. impliquent is at rank #16,150, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.plik\.
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 33058, this pair ranks #293,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of impliquées vs impliquent
Shared letters: eilmpqu. Private to "impliquées": sé. Private to "impliquent": nt.
"impliquées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVVC · "impliquent" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- impliquent ← imlpiquent · immpliquent · impilquent · impliqeunt · impliqquent · impliquennt · impliquentt · impliquetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "impliquées" and "impliquent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "impliquées" or "impliquent"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "impliquées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "impliquent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #293,123 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "impliquées" and "impliquent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "impliquait 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 #293,123 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.