instand

[ɪnˈʃtant]

/[ɪnˈʃtant]/ adv

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The verdict

“instand” has 11 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #28,717. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,717
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - funktionierend und in gutem Zustand

Corpus desk

Index DE-instand · instand · German

instand · rank #28,717 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #28,717
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Ingenieuren

Nearest frequency peer: Ingenieuren (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „instand“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „instand“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

instand vs Island
57% similar
instand vs Instanz
71% similar
instand vs instant
86% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for instand
PropertyValue
Headwordinstand
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdverb
IPA[ɪnˈʃtant]
Letters7
Frequency rank#28,717
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „instand“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.instandliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Ingenieuren“ (#28,716), „Intendanten“ (#28,718), „infrarot“ (#28,715). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „instand“ bei #28,717. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around instand (IPA [ɪnˈʃtant]), anadverb. Corpus frequency is #28,717 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "funktionierend und in gutem Zustand".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for instand, with forms such as "innstand", "insatnd", and "insstand". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "Island", "Instanz", "instant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is instand, spelled I-N-S-T-A-N-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    funktionierend und in gutem Zustand

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how instand appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Damit das Mauerwerk instand bleibt, muss es regelmäßig überprüft und ausgebessert werden.

Antonyms

defektkaputt

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innstand
  • insatnd
  • insstand
  • instadn
  • instandd
  • instannd
  • instnad
  • insttand
  • intsand
  • isntand
  • nistand

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of instand - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

innstand1insatnd2insstand1instadn2instandd1instannd1instnad2insttand1
Edit distance from "instand"

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 "instand"?
"instand" is spelled I-N-S-T-A-N-D. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪnˈʃtant].
What does "instand" mean?
As an adverb, "instand" means: funktionierend und in gutem Zustand
What words are commonly confused with "instand"?
"instand" is commonly confused with "Island", "Instanz", "instant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "instand"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "instand" is [ɪnˈʃtant]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "instand" come from?
"instand" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "instand", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

knappes#28,732knüpfte#28,733haarige#28,698gottlob#28,691

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Kopplung11 variantsgestillt11 variantsgekühlt11 variantsmitnimmt11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list