invitéevsinvitentWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#6,838
“invitée” frequency rank
#15,171
“invitent” frequency rank
22009
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature invitée invitent
Definition Celle qui est invitée. Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inviter.

Where the eye mixes invitée and invitent

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

7 ch
invitée
8 ch
invitent

Why the eye confuses invitée with invitent

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: invitée is \ɛ̃.vi.te\ while invitent is \ɛ̃.vit\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22009, 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\. invitent is at rank #15,171, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vit\.

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 22009, this pair ranks #360,280 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of invitée vs invitent

Shared letters: eintv. Private to "invitée": é. Private to "invitent": -.

"invitée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "invitent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • invitentinivtent · innvitent · invietnt · invitennt · invitentt · invitetn · invitnet · invittent

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "invitée" and "invitent" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "invitée" is a noun and "invitent" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "invitée" vs "invitent" - which ranks higher?
"invitée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,838 in our French list, against #15,171 for "invitent". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "invitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "invitent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #360,280 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "invitée" and "invitent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "invitent vs invitera". 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 #360,280 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