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.
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?
Frequency check: "invitées" vs "invitez" - which ranks higher?
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.