Which to use
“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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "indiquer" and "indiquera" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "indiquer" vs "indiquera" - which ranks higher?
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.