indiquéesvsindiqueraWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#17,456
“indiquées” frequency rank
#35,099
“indiquera” frequency rank
52555
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Where the eye mixes indiquées and indiquera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indiquées (VCCVCVVVC) and indiquera (VCCVCVVCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

9 ch
indiquées
9 ch
indiquera

Look-alike desk: indiquées vs indiquera

A purely visual mix-up. indiquées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52555, 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\. 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 52555, this pair ranks #146,927 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of indiquées vs indiquera

Shared letters: deinqu. Private to "indiquées": sé. Private to "indiquera": ar.

"indiquées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC  ·  "indiquera" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "indiquées" and "indiquera" be used interchangeably?
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.
Frequency check: "indiquées" vs "indiquera" - which ranks higher?
"indiquées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,456 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.

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 "indiquera" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #146,927 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indiquées" 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 #146,927 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