inventent

\ɛ̃.vɑ̃t\

/\ɛ̃.vɑ̃t\/ verb

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The verdict

“inventent” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #26,066. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#26,066
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inventer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inventent · inventent · French

inventent · rank #26,066 · 14 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #26,066
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intuitif

Nearest frequency peer: intuitif (-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 « inventent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « inventent » 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).

inventent vs inventer
78% similar
inventent vs invitent
78% similar
inventent vs inventes
78% similar

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

Key facts for inventent
PropertyValue
Headwordinventent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.vɑ̃t\
Letters9
Frequency rank#26,066
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inventent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).invententse 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 « intuitif » (#26,065), « irrationnel » (#26,067), « interdisait » (#26,064). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inventent » est au #26,066. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around inventent (IPA \ɛ̃.vɑ̃t\), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,066 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for inventent, with forms such as "inevntent", "innventent", and "invenetnt". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "inventer", "invitent", "inventes", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is inventent, spelled I-N-V-E-N-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inventer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de inventer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. De là, ils échafaudent des théories à ne plus respirer la nuit, ils inventent des prisons où ils s’enferment, pour ensuite se désenfermer à l’aide d’un medium et, finalement, parcourir ébahis les rues d’une « vie nouvelle ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inevntent
  • innventent
  • invenetnt
  • invenntent
  • inventennt
  • invententt
  • inventetn
  • inventnet
  • inventtent
  • invetnent
  • invnetent
  • invventent
  • ivnentent
  • niventent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inventent - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

inevntent2innventent1invenetnt2invenntent1inventennt1invententt1inventetn2inventnet2
Edit distance from "inventent"

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 "inventent"?
"inventent" is spelled I-N-V-E-N-T-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.vɑ̃t\.
What does "inventent" mean?
As a verb, "inventent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inventer.
What words are commonly confused with "inventent"?
"inventent" is commonly confused with "inventer", "invitent", "inventes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inventent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inventent" is \ɛ̃.vɑ̃t\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inventent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lombardie#26,081inaugurer#26,049illimités#26,046moniteurs#26,092

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

maintenues14 variantshandicaps14 variantsforteresses14 variantsprocurent14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list