inversion
\ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃\
The verdict
“inversion” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #13,817 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #13,817
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Attirance sexuelle pour les personnes du même sexe, homosexualité.
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 | inversion |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #13,817 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inversion” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for inversion is 9 letters long, classified as a noun, 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 generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for inversion, with forms such as "inevrsion", "innversion", and "inverison". 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, "invasion", "invention", "insertion", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is inversion, spelled I-N-V-E-R-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Attirance sexuelle pour les personnes du même sexe, homosexualité.
- 2Changement de l’ordre dans lequel les mots sont ordinairement rangés dans le discours.
- 3Évolution par laquelle les bâtiments qui étaient en tête se trouvent en queue.
- 4Anomalie consistant en ce fait qu’un ou plusieurs organes se trouvent du côté du corps opposé à celui qu’ils occupent normalement.
- 5Mouvement qui fait porter la face plantaire latéralement vers l'intérieur.
- 6Disposition d’un corps qui, au lieu d’avoir sa première subdivision à sa droite, l’a, au contraire, à sa gauche.
- 7Reproduction d’une phrase musicale en prenant les notes dans un ordre renversé ou différent.
- 8Processus conduisant à un changement d’orientation d’un fragment d’ADN par rapport à son orientation de référence.
- 9Permutation 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
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inversion - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “inversion”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-V-E-R-S-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “invasion” - see the side-by-side comparison. inversion vs invasion
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.