invalide

\ɛ̃.va.lid\

/\ɛ̃.va.lid\/ adj

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The verdict

“invalide” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #22,299. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#22,299
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est rendu par l’âge ou les blessures incapable de continuer le service militaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-invalide · invalide · French

invalide · rank #22,299 · 11 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #22,299
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH insoumis

Nearest frequency peer: insoumis (-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 « invalide »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « invalide » 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).

invalide vs invasive
75% similar
invalide vs invalider
89% similar
invalide vs invalidité
70% similar

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

Key facts for invalide
PropertyValue
Headwordinvalide
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃.va.lid\
Letters8
Frequency rank#22,299
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « invalide »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).invalidese place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « insoumis » (#22,298), « invariablement » (#22,300), « innocentes » (#22,297). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « invalide » est au #22,299. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around invalide (IPA \ɛ̃.va.lid\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #22,299 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for invalide, with forms such as "inavlide", "innvalide", and "invailde". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "invasive", "invalider", "invalidité", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is invalide, spelled I-N-V-A-L-I-D-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est rendu par l’âge ou les blessures incapable de continuer le service militaire.
  2. 2
    Qui est atteint dans sa santé, au point de ne plus pouvoir exercer une activité normale.
  3. 3
    Qui n’a pas les conditions requises par les lois pour produire son effet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Les officiers, les soldats invalides.
  2. Acte invalide. — Cette donation est nulle et invalide.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inavlide
  • innvalide
  • invailde
  • invaldie
  • invalidde
  • invalied
  • invallide
  • invlaide
  • invvalide
  • ivnalide
  • nivalide

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of invalide - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

inavlide2innvalide1invailde2invaldie2invalidde1invalied2invallide1invlaide2
Edit distance from "invalide"

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 "invalide"?
"invalide" is spelled I-N-V-A-L-I-D-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.va.lid\.
What does "invalide" mean?
As an adjective, "invalide" means: Qui est rendu par l’âge ou les blessures incapable de continuer le service militaire.
What words are commonly confused with "invalide"?
"invalide" is commonly confused with "invasive", "invalider", "invalidité". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "invalide"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "invalide" is \ɛ̃.va.lid\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "invalide" come from?
"invalide" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

insoumis#22,298irakiens#22,301guignols#22,288Kentucky#22,310

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Lombard11 variantslourdeur11 variantsfinirait11 variantsmigrant11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list