Which to use
“invente” and “inventent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,680
- “invente” frequency rank
- #26,066
- “inventent” frequency rank
- 35746
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | invente | inventent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de inventer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inventer. |
Same sound, different letters: invente vs inventent
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. invente runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against inventent's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - invente and inventent
This is the hard kind. invente and inventent are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.vɑ̃t\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “invente” sits inside “inventent”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35746, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
invente is recorded at frequency rank #9,680, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɑ̃t\. inventent is at rank #26,066, 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 35746, this pair ranks #274,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of invente vs inventent
Shared letters: eintv. Private to "invente": -. Private to "inventent": -.
"invente" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "inventent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "invente" for "inventent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "invente" or "inventent"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "invente" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inventent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #274,544 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "invente" and "inventent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inventent 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 #274,544 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.