Which to use
“indiquée” and “indiquées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,399
- “indiquée” frequency rank
- #17,456
- “indiquées” frequency rank
- 29855
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indiquée | indiquées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de indiquer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de indiquer. |
Same sound, different letters: indiquée vs indiquées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. indiquée runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVV) against indiquées's 9 (VCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - indiquée / indiquées
This is the hard kind. indiquée and indiquées are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.di.ke\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “indiquée” sits inside “indiquées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29855, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indiquée is recorded at frequency rank #12,399, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ke\. indiquées is at rank #17,456, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ke\.
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 29855, this pair ranks #314,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indiquée vs indiquées
Shared letters: deinqué. Private to "indiquée": -. Private to "indiquées": s.
"indiquée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVV · "indiquées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "indiquée" and "indiquées" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "indiquée" or "indiquées" show up more?
Useful next steps
"indiquée" and "indiquées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "indiquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indiquées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,045 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indiquée" and "indiquées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indiquées vs invoquées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #314,045 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.