Which to use
“investis” is an adjective and “investit” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,800
- “investis” frequency rank
- #10,727
- “investit” frequency rank
- 23527
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | investis | investit |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de investi. | Troisième personne du singulier de l’indicatif présent de investir. |
Same sound, different letters: investis vs investit
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. investis and investit follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - investis / investit
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: investis and investit carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.vɛs.ti\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by a single letter - s in “investis” becomes t in “investit”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23527, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
investis is recorded at frequency rank #12,800, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɛs.ti\. investit is at rank #10,727, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɛs.ti\.
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 23527, this pair ranks #351,988 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of investis vs investit
Shared letters: einstv. Private to "investis": -. Private to "investit": -.
"investis" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "investit" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "investis" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "investit" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #351,988 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "investis" and "investit" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inventes vs investis". 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 #351,988 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.