# inverted

> English word · Adjective · frequency rank #16,735

## Definitions
1. Having the order or direction changed; for example, turned upside down, reversed, or in any other way opposite or contrary.
2. Having the lowest note transposed an octave higher.
3. Having its polarization changed by hydrolysis; see invert sugar.
4. Homosexual, in terms of the sexual inversion theory.
5. Assumed to be transgender, in the terms of transvestigation.

## Easily confused with
- **invited** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inverted-vs-invited)
- **invested** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inverted-vs-invested)
- **inverter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inverted-vs-inverter)
- **invert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invert-vs-inverted)
- **inverse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inverse-vs-inverted)
- **invented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invented-vs-inverted)
- **infected** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/infected-vs-inverted)
- **inserted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inserted-vs-inverted)
- **indebted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indebted-vs-inverted)
- **inferred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inferred-vs-inverted)
- **interred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/interred-vs-inverted)
- **indented** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indented-vs-inverted)
- **inherited** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inherited-vs-inverted)

## Common misspellings (12)
`inevrted`, `innverted`, `inveretd`, `inverrted`, `invertde`, `invertedd`, `invertted`, `invetred`, `invreted`, `invverted`, `ivnerted`, `niverted`

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