inverser
\ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se\
The verdict
“inverser” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,711. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,711
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Changer le sens d’un courant électrique en lui faisant prendre une direction inverse.
Corpus desk
Index FR-inverser · inverser · French
inverser · rank #14,711 · 12 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #14,711
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH intolérance
Nearest frequency peer: intolérance (-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 « inverser »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- intellectue…
intellectuelles
85,293 corpus weight
- interrompue
interrompue
85,292 corpus weight
- intolérance
intolérance
85,291 corpus weight
- inverser
inverser
85,290 corpus weight
- irlandaise
irlandaise
85,289 corpus weight
- ji
ji
85,288 corpus weight
What this shows « inverser » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inverser |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,711 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inverser »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around inverser (IPA \ɛ̃.vɛʁ.se\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,711 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for inverser, with forms such as "inevrser", "innverser", and "inveresr". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "inversés", "inverse", "insérer", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is inverser, spelled I-N-V-E-R-S-E-R.
Definition
- 1Changer le sens d’un courant électrique en lui faisant prendre une direction inverse.
- 2Renverser, aller dans le sens contraire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how inverser appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Inverser le courant, la phase.
Elle ajoute que les règles sanitaires imposées pendant les Fêtes doivent être respectées sérieusement dès maintenant si les Québécois veulent inverser la tendance et éviter de prolonger le confinement.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inevrser
- innverser
- inveresr
- inverrser
- inverserr
- inversre
- inversser
- invesrer
- invreser
- invverser
- ivnerser
- niverser
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inverser - 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.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "inverser", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).