installer

[ɛ̃s.ta.le]

/[ɛ̃s.ta.le]/ verb

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The verdict

“installer” is uncommon German (frequency #78,152 among 17,725 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#78,152
frequency rank, German
17,725
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - einführen, einrichten, einsetzen, installieren

Key facts for installer
PropertyValue
Headwordinstaller
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɛ̃s.ta.le]
Letters9
Frequency rank#78,152
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “installer” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). installer lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

installer is uncommon German at frequency #78,152 among 17,725 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ɛ̃s.ta.le]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "einführen, einrichten, einsetzen, installieren".

Zero misspellings are on record for installer in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is installer, spelled I-N-S-T-A-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    einführen, einrichten, einsetzen, installieren

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "installer"?
"installer" is spelled I-N-S-T-A-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ɛ̃s.ta.le].
What does "installer" mean?
As a verb, "installer" means: einführen, einrichten, einsetzen, installieren
How do you pronounce "installer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "installer" is [ɛ̃s.ta.le]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "installer" come from?
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Using “installer”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is I-N-S-T-A-L-L-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɛ̃s.ta.le] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list