Which to use
“indiquait” and “indiquant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,906
- “indiquait” frequency rank
- #6,515
- “indiquant” frequency rank
- 22421
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indiquait | indiquant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de indiquer. | Participe présent de indiquer. |
Where the eye mixes indiquait and indiquant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. indiquait (VCCVCVVVC) and indiquant (VCCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: indiquait vs indiquant
A purely visual mix-up. indiquait (\ɛ̃.di.kɛ\) and indiquant (\ɛ̃.di.kɑ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - i in “indiquait” becomes n in “indiquant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22421, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indiquait is recorded at frequency rank #15,906, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.kɛ\. indiquant is at rank #6,515, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.kɑ̃\.
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 22421, this pair ranks #358,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of indiquait vs indiquant
Shared letters: adinqtu. Private to "indiquait": -. Private to "indiquant": -.
"indiquait" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC · "indiquant" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "indiquait" and "indiquant" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "indiquait" or "indiquant"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "indiquait" and "indiquant" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indiquait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indiquant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #358,060 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indiquait" and "indiquant" 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 #358,060 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.