investissent

\ɛ̃.vɛs.tis\

/\ɛ̃.vɛs.tis\/ verb

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The verdict

“investissent” has 17 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #15,914. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#15,914
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
17
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de investir.

Corpus desk

Index FR-investissent · investissent · French

investissent · rank #15,914 · 17 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #15,914
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 17 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intrigues

Nearest frequency peer: intrigues (-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 « investissent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « investissent » 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).

investissent vs investisseur
83% similar
investissent vs investissant
92% similar
investissent vs investissement
86% similar

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

Key facts for investissent
PropertyValue
Headwordinvestissent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.vɛs.tis\
Letters12
Frequency rank#15,914
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « investissent »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.investissentse 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 « intrigues » (#15,913), « irrigation » (#15,915), « interprétée » (#15,912). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « investissent » est au #15,914. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 17 spelling variants around investissent (IPA \ɛ̃.vɛs.tis\), averb. Corpus frequency is #15,914 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for investissent, with forms such as "inevstissent", "innvestissent", and "invesitssent". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "investisseur", "investissant", "investissement", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is investissent, spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-S-S-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de investir.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif présent de investir.
  3. 3
    Troisième personne du pluriel du subjonctif imparfait de investir.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. « J’ai tendance à dire que les gens n’investissent que dans ce qu’ils connaissent », analyse Juliette Mauro, fondatrice de MyS Life, qui accompagne les entreprises dans la prise en compte de la santé intime des femmes, aussi cofondatrice de l’association Femtech France.
  2. Né en 2015, le projet Silvergeek regroupe des entreprises et des associations qui s’investissent auprès des personnes âgées.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inevstissent
  • innvestissent
  • invesitssent
  • invesstissent
  • investisent
  • investisesnt
  • investissennt
  • investissentt
  • investissetn
  • investissnet
  • investsisent
  • investtissent
  • invetsissent
  • invsetissent
  • invvestissent
  • ivnestissent
  • nivestissent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of investissent - 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.

inevstissent2innvestissent1invesitssent2invesstissent1investisent1investisesnt2investissennt1investissentt1
Edit distance from "investissent"

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 "investissent"?
"investissent" is spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-S-S-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.vɛs.tis\.
What does "investissent" mean?
As a verb, "investissent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel de l’indicatif présent de investir.
What words are commonly confused with "investissent"?
"investissent" is commonly confused with "investisseur", "investissant", "investissement". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "investissent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "investissent" is \ɛ̃.vɛs.tis\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "investissent" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

interminable#15,911hiérarchique#15,901Néerlandaise#15,951participatif#15,959

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).

interprétée17 variantsdéguisement17 variantsconvaincant17 variantscontrefaçon17 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list