invitation

\ɛ̃.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“invitation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,867. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,867
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’inviter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-invitation · invitation · French

invitation · rank #4,867 · 14 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,867
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intéresser

Nearest frequency peer: intéresser (-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 « invitation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « invitation » 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).

invitation vs invocation
80% similar
invitation vs irritation
80% similar
invitation vs invitations
91% similar

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

Key facts for invitation
PropertyValue
Headwordinvitation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,867
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « invitation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).invitationse 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 « intéresser » (#4,866), « Jazz » (#4,868), « intervient » (#4,865). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « invitation » est au #4,867. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around invitation (IPA \ɛ̃.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,867 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for invitation, with forms such as "inivtation", "innvitation", and "inviattion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "invocation", "irritation", "invitations", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is invitation, spelled I-N-V-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’inviter.
  2. 2
    La lettre, le billet, le carton que l'on fait parvenir pour inviter.
  3. 3
    Conseil, prescription, demande, incitation.
  4. 4
    Convocation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Au mois de janvier de cette année, me trouvant à Paris, […], je reçus de Maxime Du Camp l’invitation tout à fait inattendue d'assister à l'exécution de Troppmann.
  2. On se figure sans peine l’empressement que je mis à me rendre à une invitation qui me permettait de voir le Sultan, sa cour, son armée et une région à peu près inexplorée.

Synonyms

inviteincitation

This word in other languages

invitation(English)Einladung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inivtation
  • innvitation
  • inviattion
  • invitaiton
  • invitatino
  • invitationn
  • invitatoin
  • invitattion
  • invittaion
  • invittation
  • invtiation
  • invvitation
  • ivnitation
  • nivitation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

inivtation2innvitation1inviattion2invitaiton2invitatino2invitationn1invitatoin2invitattion1
Edit distance from "invitation"

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 "invitation"?
"invitation" is spelled I-N-V-I-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "invitation" mean?
As a noun, "invitation" means: Action d’inviter.
What words are commonly confused with "invitation"?
"invitation" is commonly confused with "invocation", "irritation", "invitations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "invitation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "invitation" is \ɛ̃.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "invitation" come from?
"invitation" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

intéresser#4,866intervient#4,865industries#4,864malheureux#4,872

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

Microsoft14 variantsencourager14 variantsorchestre14 variantsromantique14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list