envahivsenvahieWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: envahi is a noun, envahie is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“envahi” is a noun and “envahie” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,867
“envahi” frequency rank
#23,198
“envahie” frequency rank
34065
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature envahi envahie
Definition Celui ou celle qui est victime d’une invasion. Féminin singulier de envahi.

Same sound, different letters: envahi vs envahie

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. envahi runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against envahie's 7 (VCCVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
envahi
7 ch
envahie

Homophone desk: envahi vs envahie

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: envahi and envahie carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.va.i\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other anadjective, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “envahi” sits inside “envahie”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

envahi is recorded at frequency rank #10,867, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɑ̃.va.i\. envahie is at rank #23,198, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.va.i\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 34065, this pair ranks #286,404 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of envahi vs envahie

Shared letters: aehinv. Private to "envahi": -. Private to "envahie": -.

"envahi" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "envahie" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • envahienavhi · ennvahi · envahhi · envaih · envhai · envvahi · evnahi · nevahi
  • envahieenavhie · ennvahie · envahei · envahhie · envaihe · envhaie · envvahie · evnahie

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "envahi" and "envahie" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "envahi" is a noun and "envahie" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "envahi" vs "envahie" - which ranks higher?
"envahi" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,867 in our French list, against #23,198 for "envahie". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "envahi" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "envahie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #286,404 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "envahi" and "envahie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "envahie vs envahis". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #286,404 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list