envahisvsenvahitWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#28,157
“envahis” frequency rank
#14,929
“envahit” frequency rank
43086
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature envahis envahit
Definition Masculin pluriel de envahi. Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de envahir.

Same sound, different letters: envahis vs envahit

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. envahis and envahit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

7 ch
envahis
7 ch
envahit

Same sound, different spelling - envahis / envahit

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: envahis 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 - s in “envahis” becomes t in “envahit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43086, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

envahis is recorded at frequency rank #28,157, 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 43086, this pair ranks #220,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of envahis vs envahit

Shared letters: aehinv. Private to "envahis": s. Private to "envahit": t.

"envahis" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC  ·  "envahit" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • envahis ← enavhis · ennvahis · envahhis · envahiss · envahsi · envaihs · envhais · envvahis
  • envahit ← enavhit · ennvahit · envahhit · envahitt · envahti · envaiht · envhait · envvahit

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "envahis" and "envahit" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "envahis" is an adjective and "envahit" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "envahis" or "envahit"?
"envahit" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,929 in our French list, against #28,157 for "envahis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

"envahis" and "envahit" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.

  • Full dictionary entry for "envahis" 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 #220,730 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "envahis" 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 #220,730 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