envahievsenvahitConfusable pair

Quick tell: envahie is a adjective, envahit is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#23,198
“envahie” frequency rank
#14,929
“envahit” frequency rank
38127
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature envahie envahit
Definition Féminin singulier de envahi. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de envahir.

Same sound, different letters: envahie vs envahit

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. envahie (VCCVCVV) and envahit (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
envahie
7 ch
envahit

Same sound, different spelling - envahie / envahit

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: envahie and envahit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɑ̃.va.i\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - e in “envahie” becomes t in “envahit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38127, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

envahie is recorded at frequency rank #23,198, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɑ̃.va.i\. envahit is at rank #14,929, tagged as averb, 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 38127, this pair ranks #257,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of envahie vs envahit

Shared letters: aehinv. Private to "envahie": -. Private to "envahit": t.

"envahie" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "envahit" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • envahieenavhie · ennvahie · envahei · envahhie · envaihe · envhaie · envvahie · evnahie
  • envahitenavhit · ennvahit · envahhit · envahitt · envahti · envaiht · envhait · envvahit

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "envahie" and "envahit" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "envahie" is an adjective and "envahit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "envahie" vs "envahit" - which ranks higher?
"envahit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,929 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 "envahie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "envahit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #257,462 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "envahie" and "envahit" 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 #257,462 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