Which to use
“indiquées” and “indiquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,456
- “indiquées” frequency rank
- #37,868
- “indiquez” frequency rank
- 55324
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indiquées | indiquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de indiquer. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de indiquer. |
Same sound, different letters: indiquées vs indiquez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. indiquées runs 9 letters (VCCVCVVVC) against indiquez's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - indiquées and indiquez
This is the hard kind. indiquées and indiquez are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.di.ke\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55324, 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\. indiquez is at rank #37,868, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.ke\.
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 55324, this pair ranks #128,175 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indiquées vs indiquez
Shared letters: deinqu. Private to "indiquées": sé. Private to "indiquez": z.
"indiquées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC · "indiquez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- indiquez ← idniquez · inddiquez · indiqeuz · indiqquez · indiquezz · indiquze · indiuqez · indqiuez
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "indiquées" for "indiquez" ever safe?
Which is more common, "indiquées" or "indiquez"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "indiquées" / "indiquez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "indiquées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indiquez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #128,175 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indiquées" and "indiquez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indiquez 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 #128,175 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.