investir

\ɛ̃.vɛs.tiʁ\

/\ɛ̃.vɛs.tiʁ\/ verb

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The verdict

“investir” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #3,620. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,620
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre en possession d’un titre ou d’une dignité, avec certaines formalités, avec certaines cérémonies.

Corpus desk

Index FR-investir · investir · French

investir · rank #3,620 · 12 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,620
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intéressante

Nearest frequency peer: intéressante (-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 « investir »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « investir » 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).

investir vs investit
88% similar
investir vs investis
88% similar
investir vs invest
75% similar

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

Key facts for investir
PropertyValue
Headwordinvestir
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.vɛs.tiʁ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,620
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « investir »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.investirse 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 « intéressante » (#3,619), « joyeux » (#3,621), « indispensable » (#3,618). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « investir » est au #3,620. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around investir (IPA \ɛ̃.vɛs.tiʁ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #3,620 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for investir, with forms such as "inevstir", "innvestir", and "invesitr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "investit", "investis", "invest", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is investir, spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre en possession d’un titre ou d’une dignité, avec certaines formalités, avec certaines cérémonies.
  2. 2
    Mettre en possession d’un pouvoir, d’une autorité quelconque.
  3. 3
    Cerner, entourer avec des troupes une citadelle, une place de guerre, etc.; environner militairement une maison, de manière à empêcher l’entrée et la sortie.
  4. 4
    Envahir ou occuper de manière massive, abusive ou fâcheuse un lieu.
  5. 5
    Utiliser des capitaux dans un but de profit.
  6. 6
    Faire des efforts pour s’impliquer dans la réussite d'une activité, d'un projet.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’empereur l’avait investi de cet électorat, de ce duché.
  2. Autrefois les rois investissaient les évêques en leur donnant la crosse et l’anneau.

This word in other languages

invest(English)investir(Español)verleihen(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inevstir
  • innvestir
  • invesitr
  • invesstir
  • investirr
  • investri
  • investtir
  • invetsir
  • invsetir
  • invvestir
  • ivnestir
  • nivestir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of investir - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

inevstir2innvestir1invesitr2invesstir1investirr1investri2investtir1invetsir2
Edit distance from "investir"

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 "investir"?
"investir" is spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.vɛs.tiʁ\.
What does "investir" mean?
As a verb, "investir" means: Mettre en possession d’un titre ou d’une dignité, avec certaines formalités, avec certaines cérémonies.
What words are commonly confused with "investir"?
"investir" is commonly confused with "investit", "investis", "invest". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "investir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "investir" is \ɛ̃.vɛs.tiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "investir" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

modifier#3,623généraux#3,616médicale#3,624promesse#3,636

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

nationaux12 variantsnettement12 variantsordinaire12 variantspoursuite12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list