Which to use
“invoquée” and “invoquer” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,451
- “invoquée” frequency rank
- #15,659
- “invoquer” frequency rank
- 48110
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | invoquée | invoquer |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de invoquer. | Appeler à son secours, à son aide, par une prière. |
Same sound, different letters: invoquée vs invoquer
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. invoquée (VCCVCVVV) and invoquer (VCCVCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - invoquée / invoquer
This is the hard kind. invoquée and invoquer 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48110, 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\. invoquer is at rank #15,659, 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 48110, this pair ranks #181,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of invoquée vs invoquer
Shared letters: einoquv. Private to "invoquée": é. Private to "invoquer": r.
"invoquée" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVV · "invoquer" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- invoquer ← innvoquer · inovquer · invoqeur · invoqquer · invoquerr · invoqure · invouqer · invqouer
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "invoquée" and "invoquer" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "invoquée" or "invoquer"?
Useful next steps
You've separated the homophone pair "invoquée" / "invoquer". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "invoquée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "invoquer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #181,540 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "invoquée" and "invoquer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "invoquée vs invoquées". 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 #181,540 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.