Which to use
“incités” is a verb and “indices” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,989
- “incités” frequency rank
- #5,352
- “indices” frequency rank
- 49341
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incités | indices |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de inciter. | Pluriel de indice. |
Where the eye mixes incités and indices
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. incités and indices follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: incités vs indices
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: incités is \ɛ̃.si.te\ while indices is \ɛ̃.dis\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49341, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incités is recorded at frequency rank #43,989, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.si.te\. indices is at rank #5,352, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.dis\.
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 49341, this pair ranks #171,498 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of incités vs indices
Shared letters: cins. Private to "incités": té. Private to "indices": de.
"incités" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "indices" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- indices ← idnices · indcies · inddices · indicces · indicess · indicse · indiecs · inidces
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "incités" and "indices" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "incités" vs "indices" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "incités" and "indices" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "incités" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indices" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #171,498 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incités" and "indices" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inaptes vs incités". 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 #171,498 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.