instar

\ɛ̃.staʁ\

/\ɛ̃.staʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“instar” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,966. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,966
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Utilisé uniquement dans la locution à l’instar de.

Corpus desk

Index FR-instar · instar · French

instar · rank #6,966 · 9 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,966
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH infini

Nearest frequency peer: infini (-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 « instar »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « instar » 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).

instar vs inter
67% similar
instar vs instit
67% similar
instar vs instru
67% similar

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

Key facts for instar
PropertyValue
Headwordinstar
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.staʁ\
Letters6
Frequency rank#6,966
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « instar »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.instarse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « infini » (#6,965), « insupportable » (#6,967), « intrigue » (#6,968). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « instar » est au #6,966. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around instar (IPA \ɛ̃.staʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,966 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Utilisé uniquement dans la locution à l’instar de.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for instar, with forms such as "innstar", "insatr", and "insstar". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "inter", "instit", "instru", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is instar, spelled I-N-S-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Utilisé uniquement dans la locution à l’instar de.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innstar
  • insatr
  • insstar
  • instarr
  • instra
  • insttar
  • intsar
  • isntar
  • nistar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

innstar1insatr2insstar1instarr1instra2insttar1intsar2isntar2
Edit distance from "instar"

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 "instar"?
"instar" is spelled I-N-S-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.staʁ\.
What does "instar" mean?
As a noun, "instar" means: Utilisé uniquement dans la locution à l’instar de.
What words are commonly confused with "instar"?
"instar" is commonly confused with "inter", "instit", "instru". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "instar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "instar" is \ɛ̃.staʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "instar" come from?
"instar" 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 "instar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

infini#6,965formée#6,959favori#6,957Marion#6,975

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

fassent9 variantsdémarre9 variantsNelson9 variantsséparé9 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list