Which to use
“inviter” and “invitez” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,775
- “inviter” frequency rank
- #32,027
- “invitez” frequency rank
- 37802
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inviter | invitez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Convier, prier de se trouver, de se rendre quelque part, d’assister à quelque cérémonie, etc. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inviter. |
Same sound, different letters: inviter vs invitez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. inviter and invitez follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Same sound, different spelling - inviter / invitez
This is the hard kind. inviter and invitez are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.vi.te\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by a single letter - r in “inviter” becomes z in “invitez”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37802, 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\. 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 37802, this pair ranks #259,832 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of inviter vs invitez
Shared letters: eintv. Private to "inviter": r. Private to "invitez": z.
"inviter" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "invitez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "inviter" and "invitez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "inviter" or "invitez"?
What to do next
"inviter" and "invitez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "inviter" 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 #259,832 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inviter" 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 #259,832 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.