Which to use
“indiquaient” and “indiquait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #35,995
- “indiquaient” frequency rank
- #15,906
- “indiquait” frequency rank
- 51901
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indiquaient | indiquait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de indiquer. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de indiquer. |
Same sound, different letters: indiquaient vs indiquait
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. indiquaient runs 11 letters (VCCVCVVVVCC) against indiquait's 9 (VCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - indiquaient / indiquait
This is the hard kind. indiquaient and indiquait are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.di.kɛ\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51901, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indiquaient is recorded at frequency rank #35,995, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.kɛ\. indiquait is at rank #15,906, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.kɛ\.
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 51901, this pair ranks #151,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indiquaient vs indiquait
Shared letters: adinqtu. Private to "indiquaient": e. Private to "indiquait": -.
"indiquaient" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVVVVCC · "indiquait" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- indiquaient ← idniquaient · inddiquaient · indiqauient · indiqquaient · indiquaeint · indiquaiennt · indiquaientt · indiquaietn
- indiquait ← idniquait · inddiquait · indiqauit · indiqquait · indiquaitt · indiquati · indiquiat · indiuqait
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "indiquaient" and "indiquait" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "indiquaient" or "indiquait"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "indiquaient" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indiquait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #151,617 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indiquaient" and "indiquait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indiquait vs indiquerait". 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 #151,617 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.