Which to use
“invoquées” and “invoquent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #48,609
- “invoquées” frequency rank
- #38,372
- “invoquent” frequency rank
- 86981
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | invoquées | invoquent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de invoquer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de invoquer. |
Where the eye mixes invoquées and invoquent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. invoquées (VCCVCVVVC) and invoquent (VCCVCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses invoquées with invoquent
A purely visual mix-up. invoquées (\ɛ̃.vɔ.ke\) and invoquent (\ɛ̃.vɔk\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 86981, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
invoquées is recorded at frequency rank #48,609, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɔ.ke\. invoquent is at rank #38,372, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.vɔk\.
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 86981, this pair ranks #8,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of invoquées vs invoquent
Shared letters: einoquv. Private to "invoquées": sé. Private to "invoquent": t.
"invoquées" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVVC · "invoquent" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- invoquent ← innvoquent · inovquent · invoqeunt · invoqquent · invoquennt · invoquentt · invoquetn · invoqunet
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "invoquées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "invoquent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #8,908 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "invoquées" and "invoquent" 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 #8,908 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.