invoquéevsinvoquéesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#32,451
“invoquée” frequency rank
#48,609
“invoquées” frequency rank
81060
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature invoquée invoquées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de invoquer. Participe passé féminin pluriel de invoquer.

Same sound, different letters: invoquée vs invoquées

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 8 letters. invoquée runs 8 letters (VCCVCVVV) against invoquées's 9 (VCCVCVVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
invoquée
9 ch
invoquées

Homophone desk: invoquée vs invoquées

This is the hard kind. invoquée and invoquées are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃.vɔ.ke\) 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 1 extra letter(s) - “invoquée” sits inside “invoquées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81060, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

invoquée is recorded at frequency rank #32,451, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɔ.ke\. 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 81060, this pair ranks #19,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of invoquée vs invoquées

Shared letters: einoquvé. Private to "invoquée": -. Private to "invoquées": s.

"invoquée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVV  ·  "invoquées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "invoquée" and "invoquées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛ̃.vɔ.ke\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Frequency check: "invoquée" vs "invoquées" - which ranks higher?
"invoquée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,451 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.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "invoquée" 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 #19,549 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "invoquée" and "invoquées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "invoquées vs invoquent". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #19,549 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