instruire

/\ɛ̃s.tʁɥiʁ\/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#19,045

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

instruire is aFrenchverb. It means: Enseigner quelque chose à quelqu’un, lui apprendre quelque chose, lui donner des leçons, des préceptes pour les mœurs, pour quelque science, etc. Pronounced \ɛ̃s.tʁɥiʁ\. Often confused with instruit and instruits.

Key facts for instruire
PropertyValue
Headwordinstruire
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃s.tʁɥiʁ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#19,045
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of instruire in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for instruire is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃s.tʁɥiʁ\. Corpus data places it at rank #19,045 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for instruire, with forms such as "innstruire", "insrtuire", and "insstruire". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "instruit", "instruits", "instruite", 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 spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is instruire, spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-I-R-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Enseigner quelque chose à quelqu’un, lui apprendre quelque chose, lui donner des leçons, des préceptes pour les mœurs, pour quelque science, etc.
  2. 2
    Peut se dire aussi des choses.
  3. 3
    Informer, avertir, donner connaissance de quelque fait.
  4. 4
    Présenter aux acteurs concernés des informations ou des directives relatives à une opération avant le début de celle-ci.
  5. 5
    Mettre une cause ou une affaire, civile ou criminelle, en état d’être jugée.
  6. 6
    Procéder à l’instruction d’un dossier, d’une démarche.

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innstruire,insrtuire,insstruire,instriure,instrruire,instruier,instruirre,instrurie,insttruire,insturire,intsruire,isntruire,nistruire

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for instruire

Misspelling Variants of "instruire"

innstruire10insrtuire9insstruire10instriure9instrruire10instruier9instruirre10instrurie9
Misspelling Variants of "instruire"

Frequency rank: #19,045 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "instruire"?
"instruire" is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-I-R-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃s.tʁɥiʁ\.
What does "instruire" mean?
As a verb, "instruire" means: Enseigner quelque chose à quelqu’un, lui apprendre quelque chose, lui donner des leçons, des préceptes pour les mœurs, pour quelque science, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "instruire"?
"instruire" is commonly confused with "instruit", "instruits", "instruite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "instruire"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "instruire" is \ɛ̃s.tʁɥiʁ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "instruire" come from?
"instruire" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.