institution

\ɛ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“institution” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #2,881. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#2,881
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action par laquelle on institue, on établit.

Corpus desk

Index FR-institution · institution · French

institution · rank #2,881 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #2,881
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH gamme

Nearest frequency peer: gamme (-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 « institution »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « institution » 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).

institution vs institutions
92% similar
institution vs instigation
82% similar

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

Key facts for institution
PropertyValue
Headwordinstitution
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#2,881
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « institution »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).institutionse 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 « gamme » (#2,880), « invités » (#2,882), « fuite » (#2,879). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « institution » est au #2,881. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around institution (IPA \ɛ̃s.ti.ty.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #2,881 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for institution, with forms such as "innstitution", "insittution", and "insstitution". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "institutions", "instigation", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, 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 institution, spelled I-N-S-T-I-T-U-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action par laquelle on institue, on établit.
  2. 2
    La chose instituée.
  3. 3
    Organisation, organisme ou gouvernement, qui organise cette chose instituée.
  4. 4
    École ; maison d’éducation.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. L’institution des Jeux olympiques.
  2. L’institution d’un ordre religieux.

This word in other languages

institution(English)institución(Español)Einrichtung(Deutsch)instituição(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innstitution
  • insittution
  • insstitution
  • instittuion
  • instittution
  • instituiton
  • institutino
  • institutionn
  • institutoin
  • instituttion
  • instiuttion
  • insttitution
  • insttiution
  • intsitution
  • isntitution
  • nistitution

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

innstitution1insittution2insstitution1instittuion2instittution1instituiton2institutino2institutionn1
Edit distance from "institution"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

obligatoire#2,888disponibles#2,872coopération#2,870commissaire#2,867

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

Strasbourg16 variantscomparaison16 variantsdestination16 variantsexplication16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list