Which to use
“inventées” and “inventer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #33,312
- “inventées” frequency rank
- #6,520
- “inventer” frequency rank
- 39832
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inventées | inventer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de inventer. | Concevoir, avoir l’idée le premier, de quelque chose de nouveau ayant une utilité pratique (sans concrétisation). |
Same sound, different letters: inventées vs inventer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. inventées runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against inventer's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - inventées and inventer
This is the hard kind. inventées and inventer 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39832, 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\. inventer is at rank #6,520, 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 39832, this pair ranks #245,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inventées vs inventer
Shared letters: eintv. Private to "inventées": sé. Private to "inventer": r.
"inventées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "inventer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inventer ← inevnter · innventer · invenetr · invennter · inventerr · inventre · inventter · invetner
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "inventées" and "inventer" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "inventées" vs "inventer" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "inventées" / "inventer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "inventées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inventer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #245,031 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inventées" and "inventer" 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 #245,031 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.