inversion

\ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“inversion” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,817. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,817
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Attirance sexuelle pour les personnes du même sexe, homosexualité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inversion · inversion · French

inversion · rank #13,817 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,817
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intégrant

Nearest frequency peer: intégrant (-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 « inversion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « inversion » 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).

inversion vs invasion
78% similar
inversion vs invention
78% similar
inversion vs insertion
78% similar

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

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)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inversion »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).inversionse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « intégrant » (#13,816), « invisibles » (#13,818), « inscrivent » (#13,815). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inversion » est au #13,817. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around inversion (IPA \ɛ̃.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,817 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 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

  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.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’usage, de plus en plus fréquent, des poisons chroniques, cocaïne, morphine, laudanum, extrait thébaïque, l’effrayait pour l’avenir. Il s’en détournait volontiers, ainsi que des grandes aberrations du système nerveux, des troubles sexuels tels que l’inversion masculine et féminine dont on commençait à peine à s’occuper. Il avait une invincible horreur de…
  2. Inversion élégante, heureuse, poétique. inversion trop hardie, bizarre, forcée. Les inversions sont plus rares en français qu’en latin.

Antonyms

This word in other languages

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.

inevrsion2innversion1inverison2inverrsion1inversino2inversionn1inversoin2inverssion1
Edit distance from "inversion"

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 "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. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "inversion", 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