Which to use
“indiquent” and “indiquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,306
- “indiquent” frequency rank
- #5,253
- “indiquer” frequency rank
- 11559
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indiquent | indiquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de indiquer. | Montrer, désigner une personne ou une chose. |
Where the eye mixes indiquent and indiquer
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indiquent runs 9 letters (VCCVCVVCC) against indiquer's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between indiquent and indiquer
A purely visual mix-up. indiquent (\ɛ̃.dik\) and indiquer (\ɛ̃.di.ke\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11559, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indiquent is recorded at frequency rank #6,306, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.dik\. indiquer is at rank #5,253, 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 11559, this pair ranks #408,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of indiquent vs indiquer
Shared letters: deinqu. Private to "indiquent": t. Private to "indiquer": r.
"indiquent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC · "indiquer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "indiquent" for "indiquer" ever safe?
Which is more common, "indiquent" or "indiquer"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "indiquent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "indiquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #408,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indiquent" and "indiquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "indignent vs indiquent". 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 #408,722 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.