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Which to use

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

#17,456
“indiquées” frequency rank
#48,609
“invoquées” frequency rank
66065
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indiquées invoquées
Definition Participe passé féminin pluriel de indiquer. Participe passé féminin pluriel de invoquer.

Where the eye mixes indiquées and invoquées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indiquées and invoquées follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

9 ch
indiquées
9 ch
invoquées

Why the eye confuses indiquées with invoquées

A purely visual mix-up. indiquées (\ɛ̃.di.ke\) and invoquées (\ɛ̃.vɔ.ke\) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66065, 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\. invoquées is at rank #48,609, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɔ.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 66065, this pair ranks #69,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of indiquées vs invoquées

Shared letters: einqsué. Private to "indiquées": d. Private to "invoquées": ov.

"indiquées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC  ·  "invoquées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "indiquées" and "invoquées" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.di.ke\ versus \ɛ̃.vɔ.ke\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "indiquées" or "invoquées" show up more?
"indiquées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,456 in our French list, against #48,609 for "invoquées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "indiquées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "invoquées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #69,490 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indiquées" and "invoquées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "invoquées vs invoquent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #69,490 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