inversion

/\ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,817

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

inversion is aFrenchnoun. It means: Attirance sexuelle pour les personnes du même sexe, homosexualité. Pronounced \ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃\. Often confused with invasion and invention.

Key facts for inversion
PropertyValue
Headwordinversion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,817
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of inversion in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for inversion is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #13,817 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 9 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for inversion, with forms such as "inevrsion", "innversion", and "inverison". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "invasion", "invention", "insertion", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is inversion, spelled I-N-V-E-R-S-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Attirance sexuelle pour les personnes du même sexe, homosexualité.
  2. 2
    Changement de l’ordre dans lequel les mots sont ordinairement rangés dans le discours.
  3. 3
    Évolution par laquelle les bâtiments qui étaient en tête se trouvent en queue.
  4. 4
    Anomalie consistant en ce fait qu’un ou plusieurs organes se trouvent du côté du corps opposé à celui qu’ils occupent normalement.
  5. 5
    Mouvement qui fait porter la face plantaire latéralement vers l'intérieur.
  6. 6
    Disposition d’un corps qui, au lieu d’avoir sa première subdivision à sa droite, l’a, au contraire, à sa gauche.
  7. 7
    Reproduction d’une phrase musicale en prenant les notes dans un ordre renversé ou différent.
  8. 8
    Processus conduisant à un changement d’orientation d’un fragment d’ADN par rapport à son orientation de référence.
  9. 9
    Permutation du flux des fumées de combustion et du flux d’air froid dans les empilages d’un four à régénération.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: inevrsion,innversion,inverison,inverrsion,inversino,inversionn,inversoin,inverssion,invesrion,invresion,invversion,ivnersion,niversion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for inversion

Misspelling Variants of "inversion"

inevrsion9innversion10inverison9inverrsion10inversino9inversionn10inversoin9inverssion10
Misspelling Variants of "inversion"

Frequency rank: #13,817 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inversion"?
"inversion" is spelled I-N-V-E-R-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃\.
What does "inversion" mean?
As a noun, "inversion" means: Attirance sexuelle pour les personnes du même sexe, homosexualité.
What words are commonly confused with "inversion"?
"inversion" is commonly confused with "invasion", "invention", "insertion". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inversion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inversion" is \ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inversion" come from?
"inversion" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.