Which to use
“indiquait” and “indiquerait” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,906
- “indiquait” frequency rank
- #49,718
- “indiquerait” frequency rank
- 65624
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indiquait | indiquerait |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de indiquer. | Troisième personne du singulier du conditionnel présent de indiquer. |
Where the eye mixes indiquait and indiquerait
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. indiquait runs 9 letters (VCCVCVVVC) against indiquerait's 11 (VCCVCVVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses indiquait with indiquerait
A purely visual mix-up. indiquait (\ɛ̃.di.kɛ\) and indiquerait (\ɛ̃.di.kə.ʁɛ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65624, 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\. indiquerait is at rank #49,718, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.kə.ʁɛ\.
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 65624, this pair ranks #71,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of indiquait vs indiquerait
Shared letters: adinqtu. Private to "indiquait": -. Private to "indiquerait": er.
"indiquait" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC · "indiquerait" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- indiquait ← idniquait · inddiquait · indiqauit · indiqquait · indiquaitt · indiquati · indiquiat · indiuqait
- indiquerait ← idniquerait · inddiquerait · indiqeurait · indiqquerait · indiquearit · indiqueraitt · indiquerati · indiqueriat
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "indiquait" and "indiquerait" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "indiquait" vs "indiquerait" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "indiquait" and "indiquerait" 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 "indiquerait" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,511 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indiquait" and "indiquerait" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indiquera 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 #71,511 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.