instaurer

\ɛ̃s.tɔ.ʁe\

/\ɛ̃s.tɔ.ʁe\/ verb

The verdict

“instaurer” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #11,234. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#11,234
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Établir, fonder.

Corpus desk

Index FR-instaurer · instaurer · French

instaurer · rank #11,234 · 13 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #11,234
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH initiales

Nearest frequency peer: initiales (-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 « instaurer »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « instaurer » 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).

instaurer vs instaure
89% similar
instaurer vs installer
78% similar
instaurer vs instaurée
78% similar

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

Key facts for instaurer
PropertyValue
Headwordinstaurer
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃s.tɔ.ʁe\
Letters9
Frequency rank#11,234
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « instaurer »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).instaurerse 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 « initiales » (#11,233), « insuffisant » (#11,235), « immersion » (#11,232). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « instaurer » est au #11,234. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around instaurer (IPA \ɛ̃s.tɔ.ʁe\), averb. Corpus frequency is #11,234 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Établir, fonder.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for instaurer, with forms such as "innstaurer", "insaturer", and "insstaurer". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "instaure", "installer", "instaurée", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is instaurer, spelled I-N-S-T-A-U-R-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Établir, fonder.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. J’évoque alors en rafale les rumeurs courant les salles de rédaction sur Ze Plan, qui instaurerait dans certains quartiers une sharia soft, mais Serge s’esclaffe « tout cela provient de la fuite d’un scénario de type « ultra-accommodant » de la cellule Prospective du ministère de l’Intérieur, c’est payé pour ça les cellules Prospectives, gamberger sans ta…
  2. Partout elle avait trouvé bon accueil, prompt assentiment, mais elle se propose d'aller plus outre. Pourquoi ne pas instaurer une Adoration permanente du Saint Sacrement ?

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innstaurer
  • insaturer
  • insstaurer
  • instaruer
  • instauerr
  • instaurerr
  • instaurre
  • instaurrer
  • insttaurer
  • instuarer
  • intsaurer
  • isntaurer
  • nistaurer

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of instaurer - 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.

innstaurer1insaturer2insstaurer1instaruer2instauerr2instaurerr1instaurre2instaurrer1
Edit distance from "instaurer"

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 "instaurer"?
"instaurer" is spelled I-N-S-T-A-U-R-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃s.tɔ.ʁe\.
What does "instaurer" mean?
As a verb, "instaurer" means: Établir, fonder.
What words are commonly confused with "instaurer"?
"instaurer" is commonly confused with "instaure", "installer", "instaurée". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "instaurer"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "instaurer" is \ɛ̃s.tɔ.ʁe\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "instaurer" come from?
"instaurer" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

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 (13 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list