invoquevsinvoquéesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#18,511
“invoque” frequency rank
#48,609
“invoquées” frequency rank
67120
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature invoque invoquées
Definition Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de invoquer. Participe passé féminin pluriel de invoquer.

Where the eye mixes invoque and invoquées

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. invoque runs 7 letters (VCCVCVV) against invoquées's 9 (VCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
invoque
9 ch
invoquées

Visual trap between invoque and invoquées

A purely visual mix-up. invoque (\ɛ̃.vɔk\) and invoquées (\ɛ̃.vɔ.ke\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67120, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

invoque is recorded at frequency rank #18,511, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɔk\. invoquées is at rank #48,609, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɔ.ke\.

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 67120, this pair ranks #64,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of invoque vs invoquées

Shared letters: einoquv. Private to "invoque": -. Private to "invoquées": sé.

"invoque" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVV  ·  "invoquées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • invoque ← innvoque · inovque · invoqeu · invoqque · invouqe · invqoue · invvoque · ivnoque

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "invoque" for "invoquées" ever safe?
No. They are said differently (\ɛ̃.vɔk\ versus \ɛ̃.vɔ.ke\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "invoque" or "invoquées"?
"invoque" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,511 in our French list, against #48,609 for "invoquées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "invoque" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "invoquées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #64,808 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "invoque" and "invoquées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "invoquées vs invoquent". 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 #64,808 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