indiquantvsindiquentWhat's the difference?

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.

9 ch
indiquant
9 ch
indiquent

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

  • indiquantidniquant · inddiquant · indiqaunt · indiqquant · indiquannt · indiquantt · indiquatn · indiqunat
  • indiquentidniquent · inddiquent · indiqeunt · indiqquent · indiquennt · indiquentt · indiquetn · indiqunet

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "indiquant" and "indiquent" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.di.kɑ̃\ versus \ɛ̃.dik\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "indiquant" vs "indiquent" - which ranks higher?
"indiquent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,306 in our French list, against #6,515 for "indiquant". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list