inviter

\ɛ̃.vi.te\

/\ɛ̃.vi.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“inviter” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #5,775. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#5,775
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
17
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Convier, prier de se trouver, de se rendre quelque part, d’assister à quelque cérémonie, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inviter · inviter · French

inviter · rank #5,775 · 10 variants · 17 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #5,775
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 17 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH invention

Nearest frequency peer: invention (-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 « inviter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « inviter » 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).

inviter vs invités
71% similar
inviter vs invitez
86% similar
inviter vs irriter
71% similar

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

Key facts for inviter
PropertyValue
Headwordinviter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.vi.te\
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,775
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inviter »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « invention » (#5,774), « jaunes » (#5,776), « Johnson » (#5,777). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inviter » est au #5,775. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around inviter (IPA \ɛ̃.vi.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #5,775 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for inviter, with forms such as "inivter", "innviter", and "invietr". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "invités", "invitez", "irriter", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is inviter, spelled I-N-V-I-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Convier, prier de se trouver, de se rendre quelque part, d’assister à quelque cérémonie, etc.
  2. 2
    Engager, exciter à quelque chose.
  3. 3
    Enjoindre à quelqu’un de faire une chose.
  4. 4
    Venir sans y être convié
  5. 5
    S'imposer comme matière de discussion, de débat dans un contexte donné; se dit d'un sujet, d'un enjeu.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. De son chef, il descendait à la cave, remontait litres et carafes, invitait les amis qui passaient, même le gros Zidore, et cela se terminait habituellement par une cuite générale, dans laquelle tous roulaient sous la table.
  2. Est-ce toi qui lui as demandé s'il prenait du homard ou du carré d’agneau ? Non. Tu l’as invité à dîner et tu lui as fait servir quatre ou cinq plats, sans t'occuper un seul instant de ce qu'il pouvait ou non aimer, […].

Antonyms

désinviter

This word in other languages

bid(English)invitar(Español)einladen(Deutsch)convidar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inivter
  • innviter
  • invietr
  • inviterr
  • invitre
  • invitter
  • invtier
  • invviter
  • ivniter
  • niviter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

inivter2innviter1invietr2inviterr1invitre2invitter1invtier2invviter1
Edit distance from "inviter"

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 "inviter"?
"inviter" is spelled I-N-V-I-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.vi.te\.
What does "inviter" mean?
As a verb, "inviter" means: Convier, prier de se trouver, de se rendre quelque part, d’assister à quelque cérémonie, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "inviter"?
"inviter" is commonly confused with "invités", "invitez", "irriter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inviter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inviter" is \ɛ̃.vi.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inviter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Johnson#5,777laïcité#5,778initial#5,771nombres#5,789

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

Lyonnais10 variantshôtels10 variantsFranck10 variantsfilière10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list