instituteurs

\ɛ̃s.ti.ty.tœʁ\

/\ɛ̃s.ti.ty.tœʁ\/ noun

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The verdict

“instituteurs” has 18 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,696. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,696
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
18
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de instituteur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-instituteurs · instituteurs · French

instituteurs · rank #25,696 · 18 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,696
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 18 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH ins

Nearest frequency peer: ins (-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 « instituteurs »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « instituteurs » 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).

instituteurs vs instituteur
92% similar
instituteurs vs instigateurs
83% similar

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

Key facts for instituteurs
PropertyValue
Headwordinstituteurs
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃s.ti.ty.tœʁ\
Letters12
Frequency rank#25,696
Misspellings tracked18
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « instituteurs »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).instituteursse 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 « ins » (#25,695), « incompatibilité » (#25,693), « intouchables » (#25,699). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « instituteurs » est au #25,696. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 18 spelling variants around instituteurs (IPA \ɛ̃s.ti.ty.tœʁ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,696 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de instituteur.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for instituteurs, with forms such as "innstituteurs", "insittuteurs", and "insstituteurs". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "instituteur", "instigateurs", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is instituteurs, spelled I-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-E-U-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de instituteur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Les instituteurs, loin de jouer sur cette demande, la dé-court-circuitent en remettant au premier plan la base hiérarchique, se tenir bien dans la classe, alors qu’on est si exubérant par ailleurs.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innstituteurs
  • insittuteurs
  • insstituteurs
  • instittueurs
  • instittuteurs
  • institueturs
  • instituterus
  • instituteurrs
  • instituteurss
  • instituteusr
  • institutteurs
  • institutuers
  • instiutteurs
  • insttituteurs
  • insttiuteurs
  • intsituteurs
  • isntituteurs
  • nistituteurs

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

innstituteurs1insittuteurs2insstituteurs1instittueurs2instittuteurs1institueturs2instituterus2instituteurrs1
Edit distance from "instituteurs"

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 "instituteurs"?
"instituteurs" is spelled I-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-E-U-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃s.ti.ty.tœʁ\.
What does "instituteurs" mean?
As a noun, "instituteurs" means: Pluriel de instituteur.
What words are commonly confused with "instituteurs"?
"instituteurs" is commonly confused with "instituteur", "instigateurs". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "instituteurs"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "instituteurs" is \ɛ̃s.ti.ty.tœʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "instituteurs" come from?
"instituteurs" 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 "instituteurs", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

intouchables#25,699horizontales#25,680familiariser#25,649dépréciation#25,631

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (18 here; floor ≥5).

impardonnable18 variantsrévolutionner18 variantssociologiques18 variantssuperstition18 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list