Which to use
“invitation” and “invitations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,867
- “invitation” frequency rank
- #16,162
- “invitations” frequency rank
- 21029
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | invitation | invitations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’inviter. | Pluriel de invitation. |
Same sound, different letters: invitation vs invitations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters. invitation runs 10 letters (VCCVCVCVVC) against invitations's 11 (VCCVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - invitation / invitations
This is the hard kind. invitation and invitations are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.vi.ta.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) - “invitation” sits inside “invitations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21029, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
invitation is recorded at frequency rank #4,867, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\. invitations is at rank #16,162, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.vi.ta.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 21029, this pair ranks #365,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of invitation vs invitations
Shared letters: ainotv. Private to "invitation": -. Private to "invitations": s.
"invitation" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "invitations" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- invitation ← inivtation · innvitation · inviattion · invitaiton · invitatino · invitationn · invitatoin · invitattion
- invitations ← inivtations · innvitations · inviattions · invitaitons · invitatinos · invitationns · invitationss · invitatiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "invitation" and "invitations" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "invitation" or "invitations" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "invitation" / "invitations". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "invitation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "invitations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #365,228 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "invitation" and "invitations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "invitations vs irritations". 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 #365,228 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.