Which to use
“indiquées” and “indiquent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,456
- “indiquées” frequency rank
- #6,306
- “indiquent” frequency rank
- 23762
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indiquées | indiquent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de indiquer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de indiquer. |
Where the eye mixes indiquées and indiquent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indiquées (VCCVCVVVC) and indiquent (VCCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between indiquées and indiquent
A purely visual mix-up. indiquées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23762, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indiquées is recorded at frequency rank #17,456, 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 23762, this pair ranks #350,604 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of indiquées vs indiquent
Shared letters: deinqu. Private to "indiquées": sé. Private to "indiquent": t.
"indiquées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC · "indiquent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- indiquent ← idniquent · inddiquent · indiqeunt · indiqquent · indiquennt · indiquentt · indiquetn · indiqunet
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "indiquées" and "indiquent" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "indiquées" vs "indiquent" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "indiquées" 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 #350,604 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indiquées" and "indiquent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indiquées vs invoquées". 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 #350,604 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.