invasion

\ɛ̃.va.zjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.va.zjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“invasion” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,574. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,574
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Irruption faite dans le dessein de piller un pays, ou de s’en emparer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-invasion · invasion · French

invasion · rank #5,574 · 11 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,574
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inscriptions

Nearest frequency peer: inscriptions (-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 « invasion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « invasion » 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).

invasion vs invasive
75% similar
invasion vs inversion
78% similar
invasion vs invasions
89% similar

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

Key facts for invasion
PropertyValue
Headwordinvasion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.va.zjɔ̃\
Letters8
Frequency rank#5,574
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « invasion »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).invasionse 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 « inscriptions » (#5,573), « José » (#5,575), « lady » (#5,576). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « invasion » est au #5,574. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around invasion (IPA \ɛ̃.va.zjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,574 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for invasion, with forms such as "inavsion", "innvasion", and "invaison". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "invasive", "inversion", "invasions", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is invasion, spelled I-N-V-A-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Irruption faite dans le dessein de piller un pays, ou de s’en emparer.
  2. 2
    Action d’envahir un organisme, en parlant d’agents pathogènes, ou résultat de cette action.
  3. 3
    Afflux important de personnes ou d’animaux plus ou moins indésirables ou gênants.
  4. 4
    (Invader) Pose de mosaïques du projet artistique Space Invaders dans une zone géographique.
  5. 5
    Début d'une maladie infectieuse.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. […] les Turcs avaient fait une invasion en Hongrie, et, à l’appel de Louis V, Ludwig était parti avec son frère d’armes le comte Karl de Hombourg […]
  2. La terrible défaite de Sedan et l’invasion du territoire, en septembre 1870, mirent fin au régime impérial.

Synonyms

envahissement

This word in other languages

invasion(English)invasión(Español)invasão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inavsion
  • innvasion
  • invaison
  • invasino
  • invasionn
  • invasoin
  • invassion
  • invsaion
  • invvasion
  • ivnasion
  • nivasion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

inavsion2innvasion1invaison2invasino2invasionn1invasoin2invassion1invsaion2
Edit distance from "invasion"

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 "invasion"?
"invasion" is spelled I-N-V-A-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.va.zjɔ̃\.
What does "invasion" mean?
As a noun, "invasion" means: Irruption faite dans le dessein de piller un pays, ou de s’en emparer.
What words are commonly confused with "invasion"?
"invasion" is commonly confused with "invasive", "inversion", "invasions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "invasion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "invasion" is \ɛ̃.va.zjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "invasion" come from?
"invasion" 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 "invasion", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

hectares#5,567milliard#5,584gentille#5,561Florence#5,560

Similar misspelling depth

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

manches11 variantsoccasions11 variantsperdent11 variantspoussière11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list