Which to use
“inventée” and “inventent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,739
- “inventée” frequency rank
- #26,066
- “inventent” frequency rank
- 43805
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inventée | inventent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de inventer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inventer. |
Where the eye mixes inventée and inventent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. inventée runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against inventent's 9 (VCCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between inventée and inventent
A purely visual mix-up. inventée (\ɛ̃.vɑ̃.te\) and inventent (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43805, 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\. 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 43805, this pair ranks #215,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inventée vs inventent
Shared letters: eintv. Private to "inventée": é. Private to "inventent": -.
"inventée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "inventent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inventent ← inevntent · innventent · invenetnt · invenntent · inventennt · invententt · inventetn · inventnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inventée" for "inventent" ever safe?
Frequency check: "inventée" vs "inventent" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "inventée" 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 #215,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inventée" 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 #215,268 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.