intentéevsinventesWhat's the difference?

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.

8 ch
intentée
8 ch
inventes

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

  • inventesinevntes · innventes · invenets · invenntes · inventess · inventse · inventtes · invetnes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "intentée" and "inventes" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.tɑ̃.te\ versus \ɛ̃.vɑ̃t\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "intentée" vs "inventes" - which ranks higher?
"intentée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #44,516 in our French list, against #45,681 for "inventes". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list