Instagram

\ɛ̃.sta.ɡʁam\

/\ɛ̃.sta.ɡʁam\/ name

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The verdict

“Instagram” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,708. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,708
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Application, réseau social et service de partage de photos et de vidéos, disponibles sur plates-formes mobiles de type iOS, Android et Windows Phone.

Corpus desk

Index FR-instagram · Instagram · French

Instagram · rank #6,708 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,708
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH Hervé

Nearest frequency peer: Hervé (-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 « Instagram »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « Instagram » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Instagram
PropertyValue
HeadwordInstagram
LanguageFrench
Part of speechProper noun
IPA\ɛ̃.sta.ɡʁam\
Letters9
Frequency rank#6,708
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « Instagram »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).Instagramse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « Hervé » (#6,707), « introduire » (#6,709), « habitué » (#6,706). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « Instagram » est au #6,708. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around Instagram (IPA \ɛ̃.sta.ɡʁam\), aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #6,708 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Application, réseau social et service de partage de photos et de vidéos, disponibles sur plates-formes mobiles de type iOS, Android et Windows Phone.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for Instagram, with forms such as "innstagram", "insatgram", and "insstagram". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is Instagram, spelled I-N-S-T-A-G-R-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Application, réseau social et service de partage de photos et de vidéos, disponibles sur plates-formes mobiles de type iOS, Android et Windows Phone.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Dernièrement, c’est l’influenceuse allemande Julia Lassner, suivie par plus de 50 000 personnes sur Instagram, qui a été choisie pour cibler « les jeunes actifs qui voyagent de façon responsable ».
  2. Elle l’a annoncé sobrement vendredi dernier, avec l’air de ne pas trop vouloir déranger l’internaute occupé à faire défiler les publications de son fil Instagram.

This word in other languages

Instagram(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innstagram
  • insatgram
  • insstagram
  • instagarm
  • instaggram
  • instagramm
  • instagrma
  • instagrram
  • instargam
  • instgaram
  • insttagram
  • intsagram
  • isntagram
  • nistagram

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Instagram - 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.

innstagram1insatgram2insstagram1instagarm2instaggram1instagramm1instagrma2instagrram1
Edit distance from "Instagram"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Instagram"?
"Instagram" is spelled I-N-S-T-A-G-R-A-M. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.sta.ɡʁam\.
What does "Instagram" mean?
As a proper noun, "Instagram" means: Application, réseau social et service de partage de photos et de vidéos, disponibles sur plates-formes mobiles de type iOS, Android et Windows Phone.
What are common misspellings of "Instagram"?
Common misspellings include "innstagram", "insatgram", "insstagram", "instagarm", "instaggram". The correct spelling is "Instagram".
How do you pronounce "Instagram"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Instagram" is \ɛ̃.sta.ɡʁam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Instagram" come from?
"Instagram" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

manuscrit#6,714munitions#6,717contenter#6,693privilège#6,732

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

introduire14 variantsdomestique14 variantsscolarité14 variantsquantités14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list