Which to use
“indiquée” and “indiquent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,399
- “indiquée” frequency rank
- #6,306
- “indiquent” frequency rank
- 18705
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indiquée | indiquent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de indiquer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de indiquer. |
Where the eye mixes indiquée and indiquent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indiquée runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVV) against indiquent's 9 (VCCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses indiquée with indiquent
A purely visual mix-up. indiquée (\ɛ̃.di.ke\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18705, 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\. 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 18705, this pair ranks #376,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of indiquée vs indiquent
Shared letters: deinqu. Private to "indiquée": é. Private to "indiquent": t.
"indiquée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVV · "indiquent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- indiquent ← idniquent · inddiquent · indiqeunt · indiqquent · indiquennt · indiquentt · indiquetn · indiqunet
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "indiquée" and "indiquent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "indiquée" or "indiquent"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "indiquée" 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 #376,975 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indiquée" and "indiquent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indiquée vs inique". 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 #376,975 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.