instances
\ɛ̃s.tɑ̃s\
The verdict
“instances” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,196. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #7,196
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de instance.
Corpus desk
Index FR-instances · instances · French
instances · rank #7,196 · 14 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #7,196
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH implication
Nearest frequency peer: implication (-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 « instances »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- hébergement
hébergement
92,808 corpus weight
- identiques
identiques
92,807 corpus weight
- implication
implication
92,806 corpus weight
- instances
instances
92,805 corpus weight
- instinct
instinct
92,804 corpus weight
- intellectue…
intellectuels
92,803 corpus weight
What this shows « instances » 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 | instances |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃s.tɑ̃s\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #7,196 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « instances »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around instances (IPA \ɛ̃s.tɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,196 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de instance.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for instances, with forms such as "innstances", "insatnces", and "insstances". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "instants", "instincts", "instance", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is instances, spelled I-N-S-T-A-N-C-E-S.
Definition
- 1Pluriel de instance.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how instances appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cependant il est bon de savoir que c'est sur les instances pressantes de Marx que Kugelmann adhéra à l'A.I.T.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- innstances
- insatnces
- insstances
- instacnes
- instancces
- instancess
- instancse
- instanecs
- instannces
- instnaces
- insttances
- intsances
- isntances
- nistances
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of instances - 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.
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
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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).