# invite

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈvaɪt/ · frequency rank #4,311

## Definitions
1. To ask for the presence or participation of someone or something.
2. To request formally.
3. To encourage.
4. To allure; to draw to; to tempt to come; to induce by pleasure or hope; to attract.

## Etymology
From Middle French inviter, from Latin invītō. Displaced native Old English laþian.

## Easily confused with
- **Irvine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invite-vs-irvine)
- **invoke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invite-vs-invoke)
- **invited** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invite-vs-invited)
- **invoice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invite-vs-invoice)
- **init** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/init-vs-invite)
- **indie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/indie-vs-invite)
- **Inuit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inuit-vs-invite)
- **innit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/innit-vs-invite)
- **inside** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inside-vs-invite)
- **invade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/invade-vs-invite)
- **inmate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inmate-vs-invite)
- **innate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/innate-vs-invite)
- **ignite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ignite-vs-invite)
- **inline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inline-vs-invite)
- **incite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incite-vs-invite)

## Common misspellings (8)
`inivte`, `innvite`, `inviet`, `invitte`, `invtie`, `invvite`, `ivnite`, `nivite`

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