Which to use
“indiquée” is a verb and “inique” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,399
- “indiquée” frequency rank
- #42,947
- “inique” frequency rank
- 55346
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indiquée | inique |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de indiquer. | Qui n'est pas juste, pas égal ; qui manque d’équité. |
Where the eye mixes indiquée and inique
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. indiquée runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVV) against inique's 6 (VCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses indiquée with inique
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: indiquée is \ɛ̃.di.ke\ while inique is \i.nik\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55346, 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\. 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 55346, this pair ranks #128,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indiquée vs inique
Shared letters: einqu. Private to "indiquée": dé. Private to "inique": -.
"indiquée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVV · "inique" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- inique ← iinque · iniqeu · iniqque · iniuqe · innique · inqiue · niique
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "indiquée" for "inique" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "indiquée" or "inique" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "indiquée" and "inique" 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 "inique" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,043 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indiquée" 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 #128,043 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.