Which to use
“invention” and “inventions” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,774
- “invention” frequency rank
- #16,161
- “inventions” frequency rank
- 21935
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | invention | inventions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Solution nouvelle, trouvée pour la première fois, inédite, et prouvée par un prototype qui fonctionne, d’un problème pratique, scientifique ou technique. | Pluriel de invention. |
Same sound, different letters: invention vs inventions
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. invention runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against inventions's 10 (VCCVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: invention vs inventions
This is the hard kind. invention and inventions are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. 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) - “invention” sits inside “inventions”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
invention is recorded at frequency rank #5,774, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. inventions is at rank #16,161, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɑ̃.sjɔ̃\.
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 21935, this pair ranks #360,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of invention vs inventions
Shared letters: einotv. Private to "invention": -. Private to "inventions": s.
"invention" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "inventions" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- invention ← inevntion · innvention · inveniton · invenntion · inventino · inventionn · inventoin · inventtion
- inventions ← inevntions · innventions · invenitons · invenntions · inventinos · inventionns · inventionss · inventiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "invention" and "inventions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "invention" or "inventions"?
What to do next
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "invention" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inventions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #360,653 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "invention" and "inventions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "invention vs inventive". 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 #360,653 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.