installation

\ɛ̃s.ta.la.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃s.ta.la.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“installation” is a regularly-used French word, ranked #3,142 in French word frequency and used as a noun.

#3,142
frequency rank, French
12
letters
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Action par laquelle on est installé.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

installation vs instauration
83% similar
installation vs installations
92% similar

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

Key facts for installation
PropertyValue
Headwordinstallation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃s.ta.la.sjɔ̃\
Letters12
Frequency rank#3,142
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “installation” sits in French 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). installation lands here:

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

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

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for installation is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃s.ta.la.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,142 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for installation, with forms such as "innstallation", "insatllation", and "insstallation". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "instauration", "installations", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is installation, spelled I-N-S-T-A-L-L-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action par laquelle on est installé.
  2. 2
    Arrangement intérieur d’un appartement, d’une maison, d’un bureau, etc.
  3. 3
    Unité de production industrielle.
  4. 4
    Mise en scène d’objets ou d’éléments constituant un environnement.
  5. 5
    Ensemble des actions nécessaires pour rendre un logiciel utilisable sur un ordinateur.
  6. 6
    Cérémonie d’entrée en fonction d’un personnage religieux.

Synonyms

mise en place

This word in other languages

installation(English)instalación(Español)Installation(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innstallation,insatllation,insstallation,instalaltion,instalation,installaiton,installatino,installationn,installatoin,installattion,installtaion,instlalation,insttallation,intsallation,isntallation,nistallation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of installation - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

innstallation1insatllation2insstallation1instalaltion2instalation1installaiton2installatino2installationn1
Edit distance from "installation"

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 "installation"?
"installation" is spelled I-N-S-T-A-L-L-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃s.ta.la.sjɔ̃\.
What does "installation" mean?
As a noun, "installation" means: Action par laquelle on est installé.
What words are commonly confused with "installation"?
"installation" is commonly confused with "instauration", "installations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "installation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "installation" is \ɛ̃s.ta.la.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "installation" come from?
"installation" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
Yes, PlainSpell is a completely free word reference. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, confusable pairs, homophones, and spelling corrections across 5 languages without any sign-up or subscription.

Using “installation”

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

  • The one correct French spelling is I-N-S-T-A-L-L-A-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as \ɛ̃s.ta.la.sjɔ̃\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Don't mix it up with “instauration” - see the side-by-side comparison. installation vs instauration
  • Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
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