Which to use
“incités” and “invitez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #43,989
- “incités” frequency rank
- #32,027
- “invitez” frequency rank
- 76016
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incités | invitez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé masculin pluriel de inciter. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inviter. |
Where the eye mixes incités and invitez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. incités and invitez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between incités and invitez
A purely visual mix-up. incités (\ɛ̃.si.te\) and invitez (\ɛ̃.vi.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incités is recorded at frequency rank #43,989, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.si.te\. invitez is at rank #32,027, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vi.te\.
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 76016, this pair ranks #32,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of incités vs invitez
Shared letters: int. Private to "incités": csé. Private to "invitez": evz.
"incités" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "invitez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- invitez ← inivtez · innvitez · invietz · invitezz · invittez · invitze · invtiez · invvitez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "incités" and "invitez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "incités" vs "invitez" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "incités" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "invitez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #32,342 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incités" and "invitez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inaptes vs incités". 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 #32,342 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.