# inverse

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪnˈvɝs/ · frequency rank #16,734

## Definitions
1. Opposite in effect, nature or order.
2. Reverse, opposite in order.
3. Inverted; having a position or mode of attachment the reverse of that which is usual.
4. Having the properties of an inverse; said with reference to any two operations, which, when both are performed in succession upon any quantity, reproduce that quantity.
5. That has the property of being an inverse (the result of a circle inversion of a given point or geometrical figure); that is constructed by circle inversion.
6. Whose every element has an inverse (morphism which is both a left inverse and a right inverse).

## Etymology
Recorded since 1440, from Latin inversus, the past participle of invertere (“to invert”), itself from in- (“reverse, reciprocal”) + vertere (“to turn”).

## Easily confused with
- **invest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inverse-vs-invest)
- **invert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inverse-vs-invert)
- **inverted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inverse-vs-inverted)
- **inverter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inverse-vs-inverter)
- **inversely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inverse-vs-inversely)
- **intense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intense-vs-inverse)
- **incense** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incense-vs-inverse)
- **immerse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/immerse-vs-inverse)
- **intersex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intersex-vs-inverse)

## Common misspellings (10)
`inevrse`, `innverse`, `inveres`, `inverrse`, `inversse`, `invesre`, `invrese`, `invverse`, `ivnerse`, `niverse`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/inverse