intentéevsinventéesTell them apart

Which to use

“intentée” and “inventées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,516
“intentée” frequency rank
#33,312
“inventées” frequency rank
77828
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature intentée inventées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de intenter. Participe passé féminin pluriel de inventer.

Where the eye mixes intentée and inventées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. intentée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against inventées's 9 (VCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
intentée
9 ch
inventées

Visual trap between intentée and inventées

A purely visual mix-up. intentée (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\) and inventées (\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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77828, 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\. inventées is at rank #33,312, 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 77828, this pair ranks #27,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of intentée vs inventées

Shared letters: einté. Private to "intentée": -. Private to "inventées": sv.

"intentée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV  ·  "inventées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "intentée" and "inventées" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\ versus \ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "intentée" vs "inventées" - which ranks higher?
"inventées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #33,312 in our French list, against #44,516 for "intentée". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "intentée" and "inventées" 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 "inventées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #27,324 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "intentée" and "inventées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intentée vs inventes". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #27,324 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