Which to use
“inventent” and “inventes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,066
- “inventent” frequency rank
- #45,681
- “inventes” frequency rank
- 71747
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inventent | inventes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inventer. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de inventer. |
Same sound, different letters: inventent vs inventes
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. inventent runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCC) against inventes's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - inventent and inventes
This is the hard kind. inventent and inventes 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71747, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inventent is recorded at frequency rank #26,066, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɑ̃t\. inventes is at rank #45,681, 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 71747, this pair ranks #46,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of inventent vs inventes
Shared letters: eintv. Private to "inventent": -. Private to "inventes": s.
"inventent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCC · "inventes" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inventent" for "inventes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "inventent" vs "inventes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "inventent" / "inventes". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "inventent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inventes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,430 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inventent" and "inventes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insensés 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 #46,430 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.