instabil
\ˈɪnʃtabiːl\
The verdict
“instabil” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-instabil · instabil · French
instabil · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | instabil |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ˈɪnʃtabiːl\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « instabil » en français
Rare enough to double-check
instabil is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ˈɪnʃtabiːl\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instable.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for instabil, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is instabil, spelled I-N-S-T-A-B-I-L.
Definition
- 1Instable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how instabil appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Uranatome sind instabil und emittieren Partikel, die sich mit einem Geigerzähler nachweisen lassen.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.