# invert

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈvɜːt/ · frequency rank #39,865

## Definitions
1. To turn (something) upside down or inside out; to place in a contrary order or direction.
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.

## Etymology
From Middle French invertir.

## Easily confused with
- **Iver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invert-vs-iver)
- **invest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invert-vs-invest)
- **inverted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invert-vs-inverted)
- **inverter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invert-vs-inverter)
- **inner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inner-vs-invert)
- **inlet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inlet-vs-invert)
- **infer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infer-vs-invert)
- **inept** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inept-vs-invert)
- **inert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inert-vs-invert)
- **inset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inset-vs-invert)
- **intent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intent-vs-invert)
- **insert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/insert-vs-invert)
- **insect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/insect-vs-invert)
- **intern** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/intern-vs-invert)
- **invent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invent-vs-invert)
- **inject** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inject-vs-invert)
- **incest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incest-vs-invert)
- **infect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infect-vs-invert)
- **ingest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ingest-vs-invert)
- **inherit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inherit-vs-invert)

## Common misspellings (9)
`inevrt`, `innvert`, `inverrt`, `invertt`, `invetr`, `invret`, `invvert`, `ivnert`, `nivert`

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