invocation

\ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“invocation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,257. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,257
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-invocation · invocation · French

invocation · rank #24,257 · 14 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,257
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH intello

Nearest frequency peer: intello (-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 « invocation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « invocation » 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).

invocation vs invocations
91% similar
invocation vs innovation
80% similar
invocation vs invitation
80% similar

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

Key facts for invocation
PropertyValue
Headwordinvocation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#24,257
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « invocation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).invocationse 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 « intello » (#24,256), « jasper » (#24,258), « insulaires » (#24,255). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « invocation » est au #24,257. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around invocation (IPA \ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,257 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for invocation, with forms such as "innvocation", "inovcation", and "invcoation". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "invocations", "innovation", "invitation", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is invocation, spelled I-N-V-O-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’invoquer.
  2. 2
    Prière que le poète adresse à une muse, à un génie, à une divinité, pour lui demander son secours.
  3. 3
    Action d'invoquer une fonction : appel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On voit par le statut ici reproduit que les maréchaux, les férons, les serruriers et les taillandiers formaient, à Abbeville, une seule corporation industrielle et une même confrérie religieuse sous l’invocation de saint Eloy; […].
  2. Hervé de Scaër n'employait pas souvent les grands mots et s'il se servait d'une formule d’invocation presque solennelle, c'est que la situation l'y avait poussé.

Synonyms

invoc

This word in other languages

invocation(English)invocación(Español)Ruf(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innvocation
  • inovcation
  • invcoation
  • invoaction
  • invocaiton
  • invocatino
  • invocationn
  • invocatoin
  • invocattion
  • invoccation
  • invoctaion
  • invvocation
  • ivnocation
  • nivocation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

innvocation1inovcation2invcoation2invoaction2invocaiton2invocatino2invocationn1invocatoin2
Edit distance from "invocation"

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 "invocation"?
"invocation" is spelled I-N-V-O-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\.
What does "invocation" mean?
As a noun, "invocation" means: Action d’invoquer.
What words are commonly confused with "invocation"?
"invocation" is commonly confused with "invocations", "innovation", "invitation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "invocation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "invocation" is \ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "invocation" come from?
"invocation" 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 "invocation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

insulaires#24,255inquiétait#24,253indulgence#24,250indemniser#24,248

Similar misspelling depth

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

instables14 variantsmercenaire14 variantsgrignoter14 variantsmonastique14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list