installer

\ɛ̃s.ta.le\

/\ɛ̃s.ta.le\/ verb

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The verdict

“installer” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,520. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,520
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
11
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Mettre solennellement en possession d’une place, d’un emploi, d’une dignité.

Corpus desk

Index FR-installer · installer · French

installer · rank #2,520 · 12 variants · 11 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,520
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH génial

Nearest frequency peer: génial (-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 « installer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « installer » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

installer vs instaurer
78% similar
installer vs installez
89% similar
installer vs installes
89% similar

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

Key facts for installer
PropertyValue
Headwordinstaller
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃s.ta.le\
Letters9
Frequency rank#2,520
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « installer »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).installerse 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 « génial » (#2,519), « format » (#2,518), « jambes » (#2,522). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « installer » est au #2,520. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around installer (IPA \ɛ̃s.ta.le\), averb. Corpus frequency is #2,520 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for installer, with forms such as "innstaller", "insatller", and "insstaller". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "instaurer", "installez", "installes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is installer, spelled I-N-S-T-A-L-L-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Mettre solennellement en possession d’une place, d’un emploi, d’une dignité.
  2. 2
    Placer, disposer quelqu’un ou quelque chose à un endroit.
  3. 3
    Installer un programme, un logiciel, une application mobile : l’intégrer dans un ordinateur ou un smartphone avant de pouvoir s’en servir.
  4. 4
    Chercher à en imposer, plastronner, crâner. (Souvent précédé de en)

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Quelques jours après, Lucien Bonaparte, ministre de l'intérieur, installait le nouveau préfet de la Seine, et Frochot lui répondait : « […]. »
  2. En septembre 2010, les ministres de l’Intérieur, Brice Hortefeux, et de l’Éducation, Luc Chatel, se rendent ensemble dans un lycée de Seine-et-Marne, à Moissy-Cramayel. Ils doivent y installer le premier des cinquante-trois « policiers référents » chargés d'assurer la sécurité dans les établissements difficiles.

Synonyms

disposermettre en placeplacer

Antonyms

déranger

This word in other languages

install(English)instalar(Español)einführen(Deutsch)instalar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innstaller
  • insatller
  • insstaller
  • instalelr
  • instaler
  • installerr
  • installre
  • instlaler
  • insttaller
  • intsaller
  • isntaller
  • nistaller

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

innstaller1insatller2insstaller1instalelr2instaler1installerr1installre2instlaler2
Edit distance from "installer"

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 "installer"?
"installer" is spelled I-N-S-T-A-L-L-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃s.ta.le\.
What does "installer" mean?
As a verb, "installer" means: Mettre solennellement en possession d’une place, d’un emploi, d’une dignité.
What words are commonly confused with "installer"?
"installer" is commonly confused with "instaurer", "installez", "installes". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "installer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "installer" is \ɛ̃s.ta.le\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "installer" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

chrétiens#2,510champions#2,508bienvenue#2,505avantages#2,504

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

endroits12 variantsmarchés12 variantspatients12 variantsportable12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list