Which to use
“intentée” and “inventes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,516
- “intentée” frequency rank
- #45,681
- “inventes” frequency rank
- 90197
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | intentée | inventes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de intenter. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de inventer. |
Where the eye mixes intentée and inventes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses intentée with inventes
A purely visual mix-up. intentée (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\) and inventes (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90197, 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\. inventes is at rank #45,681, 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 90197, this pair ranks #5,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of intentée vs inventes
Shared letters: eint. Private to "intentée": é. Private to "inventes": sv.
"intentée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "inventes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inventes ← inevntes · innventes · invenets · invenntes · inventess · inventse · inventtes · invetnes
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "intentée" and "inventes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "intentée" vs "inventes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "intentée" and "inventes" 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 "inventes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,038 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "intentée" and "inventes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insensés 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 #5,038 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.