Which to use
“invités” is a noun and “invitez” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,882
- “invités” frequency rank
- #32,027
- “invitez” frequency rank
- 34909
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | invités | invitez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de invité. | Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inviter. |
Same sound, different letters: invités vs invitez
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. invités 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 - invités / invitez
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: invités 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34909, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
invités is recorded at frequency rank #2,882, 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 34909, this pair ranks #280,528 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of invités vs invitez
Shared letters: intv. Private to "invités": sé. Private to "invitez": ez.
"invités" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "invitez" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- invitez ← inivtez · innvitez · invietz · invitezz · invittez · invitze · invtiez · invvitez
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "invités" and "invitez" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "invités" or "invitez" show up more?
What to do next
"invités" and "invitez" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "invités" 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 #280,528 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "invités" 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 #280,528 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.