Which to use
“invocation” and “invocations” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,257
- “invocation” frequency rank
- #45,123
- “invocations” frequency rank
- 69380
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | invocation | invocations |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Action d’invoquer. | Pluriel de invocation. |
Same sound, different letters: invocation vs invocations
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 10 letters.
Same sound, different spelling - invocation / invocations
This is the hard kind. invocation and invocations are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “invocation” sits inside “invocations”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69380, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
invocation is recorded at frequency rank #24,257, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\. invocations is at rank #45,123, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɔ.ka.sjɔ̃\.
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 69380, this pair ranks #55,344 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of invocation vs invocations
Shared letters: acinotv. Private to "invocation": -. Private to "invocations": s.
"invocation" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVC · "invocations" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- invocation ← innvocation · inovcation · invcoation · invoaction · invocaiton · invocatino · invocationn · invocatoin
- invocations ← innvocations · inovcations · invcoations · invoactions · invocaitons · invocatinos · invocationns · invocationss
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "invocation" for "invocations" ever safe?
Which is more common, "invocation" or "invocations"?
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 "invocation" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "invocations" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,344 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "invocation" and "invocations" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intonations vs invocations". 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 #55,344 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.