Which to use
“indique” and “inique” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,772
- “indique” frequency rank
- #42,947
- “inique” frequency rank
- 44719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indique | inique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qualifie les composés acides de l’indium et de l’oxygène. | Qui n'est pas juste, pas égal ; qui manque d’équité. |
Where the eye mixes indique and inique
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. indique runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against inique's 6 (VCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between indique and inique
A purely visual mix-up. indique (\ɛ̃.dik\) and inique (\i.nik\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44719, 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\. inique is at rank #42,947, tagged as anadj, pronounced \i.nik\.
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 44719, this pair ranks #208,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indique vs inique
Shared letters: einqu. Private to "indique": d. Private to "inique": -.
"indique" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "inique" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "indique" for "inique" ever safe?
Which is more common, "indique" or "inique"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "indique" and "inique" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "indique" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #208,319 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indique" and "inique" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inique vs iniquité". 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 #208,319 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.