Which to use
“indique” is an adjective and “indiquent” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,772
- “indique” frequency rank
- #6,306
- “indiquent” frequency rank
- 8078
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indique | indiquent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie les composés acides de l’indium et de l’oxygène. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de indiquer. |
Same sound, different letters: indique vs indiquent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. indique runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against indiquent's 9 (VCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - indique / indiquent
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: indique and indiquent carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.dik\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “indique” sits inside “indiquent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8078, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indique is recorded at frequency rank #1,772, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.dik\. 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 8078, this pair ranks #421,214 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of indique vs indiquent
Shared letters: deinqu. Private to "indique": -. Private to "indiquent": t.
"indique" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "indiquent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indique" and "indiquent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "indique" vs "indiquent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "indique" 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 #421,214 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indique" 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 #421,214 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.