indexévsindexésWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: indexé is a adjective, indexés is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“indexé” is an adjective and “indexés” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#43,498
“indexé” frequency rank
#49,147
“indexés” frequency rank
92645
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indexé indexés
Definition Qui fait l’objet d’une indexation. Participe passé masculin pluriel du verbe indexer.

Same sound, different letters: indexé vs indexés

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. indexé runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against indexés's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
indexé
7 ch
indexés

Same sound, different spelling - indexé / indexés

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: indexé and indexés carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.dɛ.kse\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “indexé” sits inside “indexés”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 92645, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indexé is recorded at frequency rank #43,498, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.dɛ.kse\. indexés is at rank #49,147, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.dɛk.se\.

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 92645, this pair ranks #2,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of indexé vs indexés

Shared letters: deinxé. Private to "indexé": -. Private to "indexés": s.

"indexé" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "indexés" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "indexé" and "indexés" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "indexé" is an adjective and "indexés" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "indexé" or "indexés" show up more?
"indexé" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #43,498 in our French list, against #49,147 for "indexés". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "indexé" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "indexés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indexé" and "indexés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indemnes vs indexés". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #2,843 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