instables
\ɛ̃s.tabl\
The verdict
“instables” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,254. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,254
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de instable.
Corpus desk
Index FR-instables · instables · French
instables · rank #24,254 · 14 variants · 8 confusables
- FREQ-MID #24,254
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inquiétait
Nearest frequency peer: inquiétait (-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.
Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « instables »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- inflammatoi…
inflammatoires
75,750 corpus weight
- inquiétait
inquiétait
75,748 corpus weight
- instables
instables
75,747 corpus weight
- insulaires
insulaires
75,746 corpus weight
- intello
intello
75,745 corpus weight
- invocation
invocation
75,744 corpus weight
What this shows « instables » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | instables |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃s.tabl\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #24,254 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « instables »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around instables (IPA \ɛ̃s.tabl\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #24,254 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de instable.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for instables, with forms such as "innstables", "insatbles", and "insstables". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "installe", "installer", "installée", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is instables, spelled I-N-S-T-A-B-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de instable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how instables appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Certains phonèmes sont particulièrement instables: des voyelles se diphtonguent et se dédiphtonguent alternativement, les diphtongues changent de sens (ascendant ou descendant) très facilement, et ceci d’autant plus lorsqu’elles sont en syllabe finale et que la langue hésite entre la tendance à l’accent sur la dernière et celle à l’accent sur la pénultièm…
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- innstables
- insatbles
- insstables
- instabbles
- instabels
- instabless
- instablles
- instablse
- instalbes
- instbales
- insttables
- intsables
- isntables
- nistables
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of instables - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "instables", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).