Which to use
“invitation” and “irritation” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,867
- “invitation” frequency rank
- #25,021
- “irritation” frequency rank
- 29888
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | invitation | irritation |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’inviter. | Réaction inflammatoire locale, souvent douloureuse, affectant un tissu ou un organe exposé à un agent irritant (chimique, physique ou infectieux). |
Where the eye mixes invitation and irritation
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. invitation and irritation follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between invitation and irritation
A purely visual mix-up. invitation (\ɛ̃.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\) and irritation (\i.ʁi.ta.sjɔ̃\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29888, 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\. irritation is at rank #25,021, tagged as anoun, pronounced \i.ʁi.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 29888, this pair ranks #313,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of invitation vs irritation
Shared letters: ainot. Private to "invitation": v. Private to "irritation": r.
"invitation" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "irritation" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- invitation ← inivtation · innvitation · inviattion · invitaiton · invitatino · invitationn · invitatoin · invitattion
- irritation ← irirtation · iritation · irriattion · irritaiton · irritatino · irritationn · irritatoin · irritattion
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "invitation" and "irritation" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "invitation" or "irritation" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "invitation" and "irritation" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "invitation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "irritation" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #313,843 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "invitation" and "irritation" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "irritation 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 #313,843 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.