invitéevsinvitezWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#6,838
“invitée” frequency rank
#32,027
“invitez” frequency rank
38865
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Same sound, different letters: invitée vs invitez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. invitée (VCCVCVV) and invitez (VCCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
invitée
7 ch
invitez

Same sound, different spelling - invitée / invitez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: invitée and invitez 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 38865, 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\. 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 38865, this pair ranks #252,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of invitée vs invitez

Shared letters: eintv. Private to "invitée": é. Private to "invitez": z.

"invitée" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "invitez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • invitez ← inivtez · innvitez · invietz · invitezz · invittez · invitze · invtiez · invvitez

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "invitée" and "invitez" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "invitée" is a noun and "invitez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "invitée" vs "invitez" - which ranks higher?
"invitée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,838 in our French list, against #32,027 for "invitez". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've separated the homophone pair "invitée" / "invitez". 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 "invitez" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #252,259 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "invitée" 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 #252,259 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