Which to use
“intentée” and “invente” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,516
- “intentée” frequency rank
- #9,680
- “invente” frequency rank
- 54196
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intentée | invente |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de intenter. | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de inventer. |
Where the eye mixes intentée and invente
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. intentée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against invente's 7 (VCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: intentée vs invente
A purely visual mix-up. intentée (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\) and invente (\ɛ̃.vɑ̃t\) 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 54196, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
intentée is recorded at frequency rank #44,516, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\. invente is at rank #9,680, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɑ̃t\.
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 54196, this pair ranks #135,602 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of intentée vs invente
Shared letters: eint. Private to "intentée": é. Private to "invente": v.
"intentée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "invente" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- invente ← inevnte · innvente · invenet · invennte · inventte · invetne · invnete · invvente
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "intentée" for "invente" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "intentée" or "invente" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "intentée" and "invente" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "intentée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "invente" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,602 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intentée" and "invente" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intentée vs inventes". 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 #135,602 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.