Which to use
“indicateur” and “indicateurs” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,562
- “indicateur” frequency rank
- #7,714
- “indicateurs” frequency rank
- 16276
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indicateur | indicateurs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui indique. | Masculin pluriel de indicateur. |
Same sound, different letters: indicateur vs indicateurs
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - indicateur / indicateurs
This is the hard kind. indicateur and indicateurs are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.di.ka.tœʁ\) and both work as anadjective. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “indicateur” sits inside “indicateurs”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16276, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indicateur is recorded at frequency rank #8,562, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ka.tœʁ\. indicateurs is at rank #7,714, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ka.tœʁ\.
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 16276, this pair ranks #388,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of indicateur vs indicateurs
Shared letters: acdeinrtu. Private to "indicateur": -. Private to "indicateurs": s.
"indicateur" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "indicateurs" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- indicateur ← idnicateur · indciateur · inddicateur · indiacteur · indicaetur · indicateru · indicateurr · indicatteur
- indicateurs ← idnicateurs · indciateurs · inddicateurs · indiacteurs · indicaeturs · indicaterus · indicateurrs · indicateurss
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "indicateur" and "indicateurs" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "indicateur" or "indicateurs"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "indicateur" / "indicateurs". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "indicateur" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indicateurs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #388,566 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #388,566 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.