Which to use
“indiquant” and “indiquent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,515
- “indiquant” frequency rank
- #6,306
- “indiquent” frequency rank
- 12821
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indiquant | indiquent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe présent de indiquer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de indiquer. |
Where the eye mixes indiquant and indiquent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: indiquant vs indiquent
A purely visual mix-up. indiquant (\ɛ̃.di.kɑ̃\) and indiquent (\ɛ̃.dik\) 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 - a in “indiquant” becomes e in “indiquent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12821, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indiquant is recorded at frequency rank #6,515, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.kɑ̃\. indiquent is at rank #6,306, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.dik\.
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 12821, this pair ranks #403,610 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of indiquant vs indiquent
Shared letters: dinqtu. Private to "indiquant": a. Private to "indiquent": e.
"indiquant" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC · "indiquent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "indiquant" and "indiquent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "indiquant" vs "indiquent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "indiquant" and "indiquent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indiquant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indiquent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #403,610 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indiquant" and "indiquent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indignent vs indiquent". 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 #403,610 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.