Which to use
“invisible” and “invisibles” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,879
- “invisible” frequency rank
- #13,818
- “invisibles” frequency rank
- 19697
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | invisible | invisibles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qu’on ne peut voir, qui échappe à la vue par sa nature, par sa petitesse, par sa position, ou seulement à cause de la distance. | Pluriel de invisible. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set invisible and invisibles apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
This is the hard kind. invisible and invisibles are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.vi.zibl\) and both work as anadjective. 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) - “invisible” sits inside “invisibles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
invisible is recorded at frequency rank #5,879, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.vi.zibl\. invisibles is at rank #13,818, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.vi.zibl\.
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 19697, this pair ranks #371,985 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of invisible vs invisibles
Shared letters: beilnsv. Private to "invisible": -. Private to "invisibles": -.
"invisible" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVCCV · "invisibles" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- invisible ← inivsible · innvisible · inviisble · invisbile · invisibble · invisibel · invisiblle · invisilbe
- invisibles ← inivsibles · innvisibles · inviisbles · invisbiles · invisibbles · invisibels · invisibless · invisiblles
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "invisible" and "invisibles" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "invisible" or "invisibles"?
Remembering invisible vs invisibles
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “invisible” entry
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