Which to use
“inventée” and “inventées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,739
- “inventée” frequency rank
- #33,312
- “inventées” frequency rank
- 51051
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inventée | inventées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de inventer. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de inventer. |
Same sound, different letters: inventée vs inventées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. inventée 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.
Same sound, different spelling - inventée / inventées
This is the hard kind. inventée and inventées are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “inventée” sits inside “inventées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51051, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inventée is recorded at frequency rank #17,739, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɑ̃.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 51051, this pair ranks #157,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inventée vs inventées
Shared letters: eintvé. Private to "inventée": -. Private to "inventées": s.
"inventée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "inventées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "inventée" and "inventées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "inventée" vs "inventées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
"inventée" and "inventées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "inventée" 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 #157,969 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inventée" and "inventées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inventées vs inversées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #157,969 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.