Which to use
“inventées” and “inventent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,312
- “inventées” frequency rank
- #26,066
- “inventent” frequency rank
- 59378
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inventées | inventent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de inventer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inventer. |
Where the eye mixes inventées and inventent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. inventées (VCCVCCVVC) and inventent (VCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses inventées with inventent
A purely visual mix-up. inventées (\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 share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59378, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inventées is recorded at frequency rank #33,312, 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 59378, this pair ranks #103,520 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of inventées vs inventent
Shared letters: eintv. Private to "inventées": sé. Private to "inventent": -.
"inventées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "inventent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inventent ← inevntent · innventent · invenetnt · invenntent · inventennt · invententt · inventetn · inventnet
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inventées" for "inventent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "inventées" or "inventent"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "inventées" 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 #103,520 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inventées" and "inventent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inventées vs inversées". 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 #103,520 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.