Which to use
“insister” and “inviter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,725
- “insister” frequency rank
- #5,775
- “inviter” frequency rank
- 16500
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | insister | inviter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Appuyer sur quelque chose, s’y arrêter avec force. | Convier, prier de se trouver, de se rendre quelque part, d’assister à quelque cérémonie, etc. |
Where the eye mixes insister and inviter
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. insister runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against inviter's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: insister vs inviter
A purely visual mix-up. insister (\ɛ̃.sis.te\) and inviter (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16500, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
insister is recorded at frequency rank #10,725, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.sis.te\. inviter is at rank #5,775, 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 16500, this pair ranks #387,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of insister vs inviter
Shared letters: einrt. Private to "insister": s. Private to "inviter": v.
"insister" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "inviter" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "insister" for "inviter" ever safe?
Frequency check: "insister" vs "inviter" - 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 "insister" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inviter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #387,555 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "insister" and "inviter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "invétéré vs inviter". 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 #387,555 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.