invention

\ɛ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“invention” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,774. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,774
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Solution nouvelle, trouvée pour la première fois, inédite, et prouvée par un prototype qui fonctionne, d’un problème pratique, scientifique ou technique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-invention · invention · French

invention · rank #5,774 · 13 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,774
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inviter

Nearest frequency peer: inviter (+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 « invention »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « invention » 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).

invention vs inversion
78% similar
invention vs inventive
78% similar
invention vs inventions
90% similar

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

Key facts for invention
PropertyValue
Headwordinvention
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#5,774
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « invention »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).inventionse 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 « inviter » (#5,775), « initialement » (#5,772), « jaunes » (#5,776). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « invention » est au #5,774. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around invention (IPA \ɛ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #5,774 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 9 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for invention, with forms such as "inevntion", "innvention", and "inveniton". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "inversion", "inventive", "inventions", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is invention, spelled I-N-V-E-N-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Solution nouvelle, trouvée pour la première fois, inédite, et prouvée par un prototype qui fonctionne, d’un problème pratique, scientifique ou technique.
  2. 2
    Action d’inventer.
  3. 3
    Solution technique qui peut faire l’objet d’une demande de brevet.
  4. 4
    Fugue à deux voix.
  5. 5
    Faculté cognitive et psychologique de trouver des solutions universelles à des problèmes.
  6. 6
    Recherche et choix des arguments que l’on doit employer, des idées que le sujet fournit, dont on peut faire usage.
  7. 7
    Affabulation.
  8. 8
    Découverte d'un site ou d'un objet archéologique.
  9. 9
    Découverte de certaines reliques et, par extension, fête que l’Église catholique romaine célèbre en mémoire de cette découverte.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Avant la paix d’Amiens, cet Anglais avait résolu le problème de couvrir le buste sans assommer le corps de cet affreux carrick qui finit aujourd’hui sur le dos des vieux cochers de fiacre ; mais comme les fines tailles sont en minorité, la mode du spencer pour homme n’eut en France qu’un succès passager, quoique ce fût une invention anglaise.
  2. L’invention par sérendipité de l’hélice de bateau à pales en 1836 par William Pettit fut la conséquence d’un malencontreux hasard.

Synonyms

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inevntion
  • innvention
  • inveniton
  • invenntion
  • inventino
  • inventionn
  • inventoin
  • inventtion
  • invetnion
  • invnetion
  • invvention
  • ivnention
  • nivention

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

inevntion2innvention1inveniton2invenntion1inventino2inventionn1inventoin2inventtion1
Edit distance from "invention"

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 "invention"?
"invention" is spelled I-N-V-E-N-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\.
What does "invention" mean?
As a noun, "invention" means: Solution nouvelle, trouvée pour la première fois, inédite, et prouvée par un prototype qui fonctionne, d’un problème pratique, scientifique ou technique.
What words are commonly confused with "invention"?
"invention" is commonly confused with "inversion", "inventive", "inventions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "invention"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "invention" is \ɛ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "invention" come from?
"invention" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list