invert
in·vert/ɪnˈvɜɹt/verb, noun, adjective
invert is spelled I-N-V-E-R-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables (in·vert). It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, invert means “To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction; to make (something) the opposite of it” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in invert?
| Letters | 6: I-N-V-E-R-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: in·vert |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 39,832nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is invert?
Invert appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 39,832nd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce invert?
- UK /ɪnˈvɜːt/
- US /ɪnˈvɜɹt/
As a noun (“An inverted arch (as in a sewer)”): /ˈɪn.vət/, /ˈɪn.vəɹt/.
Invert has 2 syllables, split in·vert in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-ca-invert_(v).ogg, En-us-invert.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with invert?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as invert from its last stressed vowel (/ɜɹt/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of invert
- inverts present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- inverting participle, present
- inverted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does invert mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction; to make (something) the opposite of it.
to invert a cup, the order of words, rules of justice, etc.
- 2
To move (the root note of a chord) up or down an octave, resulting in a change in pitch.
- 3
To undergo inversion, as sugar.
- 4
To divert; to convert to a wrong use.
- 5
To turn (the foot) inwards.
noun
- 1
An inverted arch (as in a sewer).
- 2
The base of a tunnel on which the road or railway may be laid and used when construction is through unstable ground. It may be flat or form a continuous curve with the tunnel arch.
- 3
The lowest point inside a pipe at a certain point.
- 4
An elevation of a pipe at a certain point along the pipe.
- 5
A skateboarding and snowboarding trick where the skater grabs the board and plants a hand on the coping so as to balance upside-down on the lip of a ramp.
- 6
obsoleteA homosexual person, in terms of the sexual inversion theory.
- 7
Of a person, assumed to be transgender, in terms of transvestigation.
- 8
informalAn invertebrate.
adjective
- 1
Subjected to the process of inversion; inverted; converted.
invert sugar
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate invert?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of invert: invt.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Invert in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense turn upside down or inside out:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | invertir |
| German | umdrehen, invertieren |
| Portuguese | inverter |
| Spanish | invertir |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does invert come from?
From Middle French invertir.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).