Which to use
“inviter” is a verb and “invités” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,775
- “inviter” frequency rank
- #2,882
- “invités” frequency rank
- 8657
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inviter | invités |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Convier, prier de se trouver, de se rendre quelque part, d’assister à quelque cérémonie, etc. | Pluriel de invité. |
Same sound, different letters: inviter vs invités
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.
Ear matches; page differs - inviter and invités
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: inviter and invités carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɛ̃.vi.te\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is averb, the other anoun, 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 8657, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inviter is recorded at frequency rank #5,775, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vi.te\. invités is at rank #2,882, tagged as anoun, 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 8657, this pair ranks #419,275 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of inviter vs invités
Shared letters: intv. Private to "inviter": er. Private to "invités": sé.
"inviter" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "invités" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- inviter ← inivter · innviter · invietr · inviterr · invitre · invitter · invtier · invviter
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inviter" for "invités" ever safe?
In ordinary French text, does "inviter" or "invités" show up more?
Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "inviter" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "invités" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #419,275 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inviter" and "invités" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "invétéré vs inviter". 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 #419,275 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.