Which to use
“invitée” is a noun and “inviter” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,838
- “invitée” frequency rank
- #5,775
- “inviter” frequency rank
- 12613
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | invitée | inviter |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Celle qui est invitée. | Convier, prier de se trouver, de se rendre quelque part, d’assister à quelque cérémonie, etc. |
Same sound, different letters: invitée vs inviter
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters.
Homophone desk: invitée vs inviter
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: invitée and inviter carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.vi.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anoun, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12613, 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\. inviter is at rank #5,775, 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 12613, this pair ranks #404,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of invitée vs inviter
Shared letters: eintv. Private to "invitée": é. Private to "inviter": r.
"invitée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV · "inviter" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inviter ← inivter · innviter · invietr · inviterr · invitre · invitter · invtier · invviter
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "invitée" and "inviter" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "invitée" or "inviter"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "invitée" / "inviter". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "invitée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inviter" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #404,522 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "invitée" and "inviter" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "invétéré vs invitée". 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 #404,522 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.