indiquéevsindiqueraTell them apart

Which to use

“indiquée” and “indiquera” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#12,399
“indiquée” frequency rank
#35,099
“indiquera” frequency rank
47498
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indiquée indiquera
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de indiquer. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de indiquer.

Where the eye mixes indiquée and indiquera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indiquée runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVV) against indiquera's 9 (VCCVCVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
indiquée
9 ch
indiquera

Visual trap between indiquée and indiquera

A purely visual mix-up. indiquée (\ɛ̃.di.ke\) and indiquera (\ɛ̃.di.kə.ʁa\) 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 47498, 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\. indiquera is at rank #35,099, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.kə.ʁa\.

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 47498, this pair ranks #186,485 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of indiquée vs indiquera

Shared letters: deinqu. Private to "indiquée": é. Private to "indiquera": ar.

"indiquée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVV  ·  "indiquera" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • indiquera ← idniquera · inddiquera · indiqeura · indiqquera · indiquear · indiquerra · indiqurea · indiuqera

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "indiquée" and "indiquera" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.di.ke\ versus \ɛ̃.di.kə.ʁa\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "indiquée" or "indiquera"?
"indiquée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #12,399 in our French list, against #35,099 for "indiquera". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "indiquée" and "indiquera" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "indiquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "indiquera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #186,485 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indiquée" and "indiquera" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indiquera vs indiquerait". 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 #186,485 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