Which to use
“invitée” and “invitées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,838
- “invitée” frequency rank
- #21,054
- “invitées” frequency rank
- 27892
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | invitée | invitées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est invitée. | Pluriel de invitée. |
Same sound, different letters: invitée vs invitées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. invitée runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against invitées's 8 (VCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - invitée / invitées
This is the hard kind. invitée and invitées are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.vi.te\) 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) - “invitée” sits inside “invitées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27892, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
invitée is recorded at frequency rank #6,838, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.vi.te\. invitées is at rank #21,054, tagged as anoun, 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 27892, this pair ranks #326,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of invitée vs invitées
Shared letters: eintvé. Private to "invitée": -. Private to "invitées": s.
"invitée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "invitées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "invitée" for "invitées" ever safe?
Which is more common, "invitée" or "invitées"?
What to do next
"invitée" and "invitées" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "invitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "invitées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #326,117 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "invitée" and "invitées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "initiées vs invitées". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #326,117 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.