invitevsinvitezConfusable pair

Quick tell: invite is a noun, invitez is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“invite” is a noun and “invitez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,581
“invite” frequency rank
#32,027
“invitez” frequency rank
34608
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature invite invitez
Definition Invitation. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inviter.

Where the eye mixes invite and invitez

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. invite runs 6 letters (VCCVCV) against invitez's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
invite
7 ch
invitez

Why the eye confuses invite with invitez

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: invite is \ɛ̃.vit\ while invitez is \ɛ̃.vi.te\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “invite” sits inside “invitez”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34608, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

invite is recorded at frequency rank #2,581, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.vit\. invitez is at rank #32,027, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vi.te\.

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 34608, this pair ranks #282,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of invite vs invitez

Shared letters: eintv. Private to "invite": -. Private to "invitez": z.

"invite" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV  ·  "invitez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • invite ← inivte · innvite · inviet · invitte · invtie · invvite · ivnite · nivite
  • invitez ← inivtez · innvitez · invietz · invitezz · invittez · invitze · invtiez · invvitez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "invite" and "invitez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "invite" is a noun and "invitez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "invite" or "invitez"?
"invite" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,581 in our French list, against #32,027 for "invitez". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "invite" and "invitez" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "invite" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "invitez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #282,640 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "invite" and "invitez" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incités vs invitez". 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 #282,640 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