institue

\ɛ̃s.ti.ty\

/\ɛ̃s.ti.ty\/ verb

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The verdict

“institue” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,862. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,862
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe instituer.

Corpus desk

Index FR-institue · institue · French

institue · rank #32,862 · 10 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,862
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inquiétants

Nearest frequency peer: inquiétants (-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 « institue »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « institue » 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).

institue vs institut
88% similar
institue vs intitulé
63% similar
institue vs instituts
78% similar

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

Key facts for institue
PropertyValue
Headwordinstitue
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃s.ti.ty\
Letters8
Frequency rank#32,862
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « institue »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).instituese 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 « inquiétants » (#32,861), « intentionnel » (#32,863), « interchangeables » (#32,864). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « institue » est au #32,862. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around institue (IPA \ɛ̃s.ti.ty\), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,862 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for institue, with forms such as "innstitue", "insittue", and "insstitue". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "institut", "intitulé", "instituts", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is institue, spelled I-N-S-T-I-T-U-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe instituer.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe instituer.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif du verbe instituer.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif du verbe instituer.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif du verbe instituer.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Dieu, dit le sermonneur, fait après le déluge une alliance avec Noé et tous les animaux, et pour confirmer cette alliance, il institue l’arc-en-ciel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innstitue
  • insittue
  • insstitue
  • institeu
  • instiute
  • insttitue
  • insttiue
  • intsitue
  • isntitue
  • nistitue

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

innstitue1insittue2insstitue1institeu2instiute2insttitue1insttiue2intsitue2
Edit distance from "institue"

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 "institue"?
"institue" is spelled I-N-S-T-I-T-U-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃s.ti.ty\.
What does "institue" mean?
As a verb, "institue" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif du verbe instituer.
What words are commonly confused with "institue"?
"institue" is commonly confused with "institut", "intitulé", "instituts". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "institue"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "institue" is \ɛ̃s.ti.ty\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "institue" come from?
"institue" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

jetables#32,870Jocelyne#32,873hébergés#32,850jouerait#32,874

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

gazeuses10 variantsfooting10 variantsexpresso10 variantsexempte10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list