invisible
\ɛ̃.vi.zibl\
The verdict
“invisible” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #5,879 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #5,879
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Qu’on ne peut voir, qui échappe à la vue par sa nature, par sa petitesse, par sa position, ou seulement à cause de la distance.
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 | invisible |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.vi.zibl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #5,879 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “invisible” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for invisible is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.vi.zibl\. Corpus data places it at rank #5,879 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 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 invisible, with forms such as "inivsible", "innvisible", and "inviisble". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "invivable", "invisibles", "illisible", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is invisible, spelled I-N-V-I-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Qu’on ne peut voir, qui échappe à la vue par sa nature, par sa petitesse, par sa position, ou seulement à cause de la distance.
- 2Qui ne se laisse pas voir, qui se cache, ou que l’on ne saurait trouver.
- 3Dont on ne parle pas ; qui n’est pas connu.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inivsible,innvisible,inviisble,invisbile,invisibble,invisibel,invisiblle,invisilbe,invissible,invsiible,invvisible,ivnisible,nivisible
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of invisible - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “invisible”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-V-I-S-I-B-L-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.vi.zibl\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “invivable” - see the side-by-side comparison. invisible vs invivable
- 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.