invitantvsinvitonsConfusable pair

Quick tell: invitant is a adjective, invitons is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“invitant” is an adjective and “invitons” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,657
“invitant” frequency rank
#26,414
“invitons” frequency rank
43071
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature invitant invitons
Definition Qui invite. Première personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inviter.

Letter map: invitant vs invitons

Shared letters muted; letters that set invitant and invitons apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

8 ch
invitant
8 ch
invitons

Grammar separator: invitant vs invitons

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: invitant is anadjective and invitonsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43071, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

invitant is recorded at frequency rank #16,657, classified as anadj. invitons is at rank #26,414, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vi.tɔ̃\.

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 43071, this pair ranks #220,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of invitant vs invitons

Shared letters: intv. Private to "invitant": a. Private to "invitons": os.

"invitant" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC  ·  "invitons" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • invitantinivtant · innvitant · inviatnt · invitannt · invitantt · invitatn · invitnat · invittant
  • invitonsinivtons · innvitons · inviotns · invitnos · invitonns · invitonss · invitosn · invittons

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "invitant" and "invitons" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "invitant" is an adjective and "invitons" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "invitant" vs "invitons" - which ranks higher?
"invitant" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,657 in our French list, against #26,414 for "invitons". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "invitant" and "invitons".

  • Full dictionary entry for "invitant" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "invitons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #220,844 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "invitant" and "invitons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inventant vs invitant". 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 #220,844 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list