Which to use
“intentée” and “inventée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,516
- “intentée” frequency rank
- #17,739
- “inventée” frequency rank
- 62255
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intentée | inventée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de intenter. | Participe passé féminin singulier de inventer. |
Where the eye mixes intentée and inventée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. intentée and inventée follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: intentée vs inventée
A purely visual mix-up. intentée (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\) and inventée (\ɛ̃.vɑ̃.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 a single letter - t in “intentée” becomes v in “inventée”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62255, 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\. inventée is at rank #17,739, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɑ̃.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 62255, this pair ranks #88,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of intentée vs inventée
Shared letters: einté. Private to "intentée": -. Private to "inventée": v.
"intentée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "inventée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "intentée" and "inventée" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "intentée" vs "inventée" - 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 "intentée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inventée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #88,057 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intentée" and "inventée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intentée vs inventes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #88,057 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.