invitentvsinviterWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“invitent” and “inviter” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#15,171
“invitent” frequency rank
#5,775
“inviter” frequency rank
20946
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature invitent inviter
Definition Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inviter. Convier, prier de se trouver, de se rendre quelque part, d’assister à quelque cérémonie, etc.

Where the eye mixes invitent and inviter

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

8 ch
invitent
7 ch
inviter

Visual trap between invitent and inviter

A purely visual mix-up. invitent (\ɛ̃.vit\) and inviter (\ɛ̃.vi.te\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20946, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

invitent is recorded at frequency rank #15,171, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vit\. 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 20946, this pair ranks #365,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of invitent vs inviter

Shared letters: eintv. Private to "invitent": -. Private to "inviter": r.

"invitent" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVCC  ·  "inviter" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • invitentinivtent · innvitent · invietnt · invitennt · invitentt · invitetn · invitnet · invittent
  • inviterinivter · innviter · invietr · inviterr · invitre · invitter · invtier · invviter

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "invitent" and "inviter" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.vit\ versus \ɛ̃.vi.te\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "invitent" or "inviter"?
"inviter" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,775 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

Eye-level mix-up between "invitent" and "inviter" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "invitent" 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 #365,648 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "invitent" and "inviter" 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 #365,648 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