Which to use
“invitations” and “irritations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,162
- “invitations” frequency rank
- #49,168
- “irritations” frequency rank
- 65330
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | invitations | irritations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de invitation. | Pluriel de irritation. |
Where the eye mixes invitations and irritations
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. invitations and irritations follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVCVVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: invitations vs irritations
A purely visual mix-up. invitations (\ɛ̃.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\) and irritations (\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 65330, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
invitations is recorded at frequency rank #16,162, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.vi.ta.sjɔ̃\. irritations is at rank #49,168, 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 65330, this pair ranks #72,858 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of invitations vs irritations
Shared letters: ainost. Private to "invitations": v. Private to "irritations": r.
"invitations" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC · "irritations" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- invitations ← inivtations · innvitations · inviattions · invitaitons · invitatinos · invitationns · invitationss · invitatiosn
- irritations ← irirtations · iritations · irriattions · irritaitons · irritatinos · irritationns · irritationss · irritatiosn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "invitations" for "irritations" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "invitations" or "irritations" show up more?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "invitations" and "irritations" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "invitations" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "irritations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #72,858 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "invitations" and "irritations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "imitations 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 #72,858 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.