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

#5,253
“indiquer” frequency rank
#35,099
“indiquera” frequency rank
40352
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indiquer indiquera
Definition Montrer, désigner une personne ou une chose. Troisième personne du singulier du futur de indiquer.

Where the eye mixes indiquer and indiquera

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.

8 ch
indiquer
9 ch
indiquera

Look-alike desk: indiquer vs indiquera

A purely visual mix-up. indiquer (\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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “indiquer” sits inside “indiquera”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40352, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indiquer is recorded at frequency rank #5,253, 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 40352, this pair ranks #241,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of indiquer vs indiquera

Shared letters: deinqru. Private to "indiquer": -. Private to "indiquera": a.

"indiquer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC  ·  "indiquera" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • indiqueridniquer · inddiquer · indiqeur · indiqquer · indiquerr · indiqure · indiuqer · indqiuer
  • indiqueraidniquera · inddiquera · indiqeura · indiqquera · indiquear · indiquerra · indiqurea · indiuqera

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "indiquer" 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: "indiquer" vs "indiquera" - which ranks higher?
"indiquer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,253 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 "indiquer" 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 #241,178 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indiquer" 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 #241,178 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