instant

\ɛ̃s.tɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃s.tɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“instant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #902. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#902
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui est pressant.

Corpus desk

Index FR-instant · instant · French

instant · rank #902 · 11 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #902
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH livres

Nearest frequency peer: livres (+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 « instant »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « instant » 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).

instant vs instar
71% similar
instant vs intact
71% similar
instant vs instit
71% similar

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

Key facts for instant
PropertyValue
Headwordinstant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\ɛ̃s.tɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#902
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « instant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).instantse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « livres » (#903), « G » (#900), « majorité » (#904). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « instant » est au #902. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around instant (IPA \ɛ̃s.tɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #902 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for instant, with forms such as "innstant", "insatnt", and "insstant". 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 14 confusable-pair relationships, "instar", "intact", "instit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is instant, spelled I-N-S-T-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui est pressant.
  2. 2
    Qui est imminent, urgent.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. il n’allégua d’autres excuses de ce manque de foi que la nécessité de déférer aux sollicitations vives et instantes des commissaires de la convention.
  2. […] Rébecca, à son instante prière, s’était de nouveau placée à la fenêtre pour suivre et lui raconter le résultat de l’attaque.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innstant
  • insatnt
  • insstant
  • instannt
  • instantt
  • instatn
  • instnat
  • insttant
  • intsant
  • isntant
  • nistant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of instant - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

innstant1insatnt2insstant1instannt1instantt1instatn2instnat2insttant1
Edit distance from "instant"

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 "instant"?
"instant" is spelled I-N-S-T-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃s.tɑ̃\.
What does "instant" mean?
As an adjective, "instant" means: Qui est pressant.
What words are commonly confused with "instant"?
"instant" is commonly confused with "instar", "intact", "instit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "instant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "instant" is \ɛ̃s.tɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "instant" come from?
"instant" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

obtenir#906défense#897terrain#890sérieux#889

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

solution11 variantscommencé11 variantscontrat11 variantscritique11 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list