Which to use
“indiquer” and “indiquez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,253
- “indiquer” frequency rank
- #37,868
- “indiquez” frequency rank
- 43121
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indiquer | indiquez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Montrer, désigner une personne ou une chose. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de indiquer. |
Same sound, different letters: indiquer vs indiquez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. indiquer and indiquez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - indiquer / indiquez
This is the hard kind. indiquer 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 a single letter - r in “indiquer” becomes z in “indiquez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43121, 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\. 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 43121, this pair ranks #220,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indiquer vs indiquez
Shared letters: deinqu. Private to "indiquer": r. Private to "indiquez": z.
"indiquer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC · "indiquez" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "indiquer" for "indiquez" ever safe?
Frequency check: "indiquer" vs "indiquez" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "indiquer" 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 #220,460 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indiquer" 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 #220,460 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.