innover

\i.nɔ.ve\

/\i.nɔ.ve\/ verb

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The verdict

“innover” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,652. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,652
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Avec comme sujet, une personne ou une organisation) (Sens courant) Apporter un changement dans un système, dans une collectivité, dans une façon de procéder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-innover · innover · French

innover · rank #16,652 · 8 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,652
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH initiés

Nearest frequency peer: initiés (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « innover »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « innover » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

innover vs innove
86% similar
innover vs ignorer
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for innover
PropertyValue
Headwordinnover
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\i.nɔ.ve\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,652
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « innover »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.innoverse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « initiés » (#16,651), « inquiètent » (#16,653), « initier » (#16,650). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « innover » est au #16,652. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around innover (IPA \i.nɔ.ve\), averb. Corpus frequency is #16,652 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for innover, with forms such as "innoevr", "innoverr", and "innovre". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "innove", "ignorer", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is innover, spelled I-N-N-O-V-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    (Avec comme sujet, une personne ou une organisation) (Sens courant) Apporter un changement dans un système, dans une collectivité, dans une façon de procéder.
  2. 2
    . (Sens courant moderne) Lancer, introduire sur le marché un produit ou un service nouveau.
  3. 3
    (Emploi absolu) ou (Emploi transitif) (Vieilli) ou (Littéraire) Être le premier à faire quelque chose, à connaître un sentiment ; à utiliser un objet (d’une certaine façon). Innover (avec) quelque chose
  4. 4
    (Sans complément exprimé, en parlant de quelque chose) Présenter un caractère de nouveauté.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how innover appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Innover dans quelque chose ; innover dans une organisation.
  2. L’Académie française innove constamment en améliorant son dictionnaire.

Synonyms

améliorerchangercréerinventermodifierrévolutionners’adaptertransformer

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innoevr
  • innoverr
  • innovre
  • innovver
  • innvoer
  • inonver
  • inover
  • ninover

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of innover - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

innoevr2innoverr1innovre2innovver1innvoer2inonver2inover1ninover2
Edit distance from "innover"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "innover"?
"innover" is spelled I-N-N-O-V-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \i.nɔ.ve\.
What does "innover" mean?
As a verb, "innover" means: (Avec comme sujet, une personne ou une organisation) (Sens courant) Apporter un changement dans un système, dans une collectivité, dans une façon de procéder.
What words are commonly confused with "innover"?
"innover" is commonly confused with "innove", "ignorer". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "innover"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "innover" is \i.nɔ.ve\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "innover" come from?
"innover" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "innover", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

initiés#16,651initier#16,650jugeant#16,661Kadhafi#16,665

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

Herman8 variantsgalette8 variantsforage8 variantsFloyd8 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list