invitéesvsinvitezWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#21,054
“invitées” frequency rank
#32,027
“invitez” frequency rank
53081
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature invitées invitez
Definition Pluriel de invitée. Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inviter.

Same sound, different letters: invitées vs invitez

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. invitées runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVC) against invitez's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
invitées
7 ch
invitez

Ear matches; page differs - invitées and invitez

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: invitées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

invitées is recorded at frequency rank #21,054, 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 53081, this pair ranks #143,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of invitées vs invitez

Shared letters: eintv. Private to "invitées": sé. Private to "invitez": z.

"invitées" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC  ·  "invitez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

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

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "invitées" for "invitez" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "invitées" is a noun and "invitez" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "invitées" vs "invitez" - which ranks higher?
"invitées" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,054 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.

Useful next steps

You've separated the homophone pair "invitées" / "invitez". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.

  • Full dictionary entry for "invitées" 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 #143,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "invitées" 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 #143,207 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