indiquéevsindiquentWhat's the difference?

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.

8 ch
indiquée
9 ch
indiquent

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?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.di.ke\ versus \ɛ̃.dik\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "indiquée" or "indiquent"?
"indiquent" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,306 in our French list, against #12,399 for "indiquée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list