indiqueravsindiquezTell them apart

Which to use

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

#35,099
“indiquera” frequency rank
#37,868
“indiquez” frequency rank
72967
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indiquera indiquez
Definition Troisième personne du singulier du futur de indiquer. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de indiquer.

Where the eye mixes indiquera and indiquez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. indiquera runs 9 letters (VCCVCVVCV) against indiquez's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
indiquera
8 ch
indiquez

Look-alike desk: indiquera vs indiquez

A purely visual mix-up. indiquera (\ɛ̃.di.kə.ʁa\) and indiquez (\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 72967, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indiquera is recorded at frequency rank #35,099, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.di.kə.ʁa\. 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 72967, this pair ranks #42,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of indiquera vs indiquez

Shared letters: deinqu. Private to "indiquera": ar. Private to "indiquez": z.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • indiquera ← idniquera · inddiquera · indiqeura · indiqquera · indiquear · indiquerra · indiqurea · indiuqera
  • indiquez ← idniquez · inddiquez · indiqeuz · indiqquez · indiquezz · indiquze · indiuqez · indqiuez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "indiquera" and "indiquez" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.di.kə.ʁa\ versus \ɛ̃.di.ke\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary French text, does "indiquera" or "indiquez" show up more?
"indiquera" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,099 in our French list, against #37,868 for "indiquez". 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 "indiquera" 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 #42,167 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indiquera" and "indiquez" 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 #42,167 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