instru
\ɛ̃s.tʁy\
The verdict
“instru” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #49,729. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,729
- frequency rank, French
- 3,561
- “I” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - (Par apocope) Partie musicale d’un morceau de rap ou de hip-hop.
Corpus desk
Index FR-instru · instru · French
instru · rank #49,729 · 9 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-MID #49,729
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,561
- PHOTO-FINISH inspirateur
Nearest frequency peer: inspirateur (-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 « instru »
Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin
- inquiétaient
inquiétaient
50,275 corpus weight
- insaisissab…
insaisissables
50,274 corpus weight
- inspirateur
inspirateur
50,273 corpus weight
- instru
instru
50,272 corpus weight
- instrumenti…
instrumentistes
50,271 corpus weight
- intangible
intangible
50,270 corpus weight
What this shows « instru » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | instru |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɛ̃s.tʁy\ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #49,729 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « instru »
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around instru (IPA \ɛ̃s.tʁy\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #49,729 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "(Par apocope) Partie musicale d’un morceau de rap ou de hip-hop.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for instru, with forms such as "innstru", "insrtu", and "insstru". 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 11 confusable-pair relationships, "insu", "intra", "intro", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is instru, spelled I-N-S-T-R-U.
Definition
- 1(Par apocope) Partie musicale d’un morceau de rap ou de hip-hop.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how instru appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Au début, on se croirait dans Platoon, d’Oliver Stone. Un escadron de GIs black, une jungle hostile et puis… tout part en vrille : un rappeur qui se fait débusquer par des soldats et exécuter d’une balle dans la tête par un faux dictateur africain, le tout sur un beat alangui et une instru noire comme la nuit.
Pour essayer de décrypter leurs formules et comprendre ce qui fait un hit en 2017, nous avons interrogé le rappeur Niska, le duo de beatmakers Double X ainsi que DJ First Mike, qui mixe du rap français depuis 20 ans, et Will, le fondateur de la première bibliothèque web française d’instrus.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- innstru
- insrtu
- insstru
- instrru
- insttru
- instur
- intsru
- isntru
- nistru
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of instru - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "instru", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).