instrument

\ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃\

/\ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“instrument” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #4,078. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#4,078
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Objet permettant d’exécuter une action.

Corpus desk

Index FR-instrument · instrument · French

instrument · rank #4,078 · 16 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #4,078
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH fréquence

Nearest frequency peer: fréquence (-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 « instrument »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « instrument » 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).

instrument vs instruments
91% similar
instrument vs instrumental
83% similar
instrument vs instamment
80% similar

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

Key facts for instrument
PropertyValue
Headwordinstrument
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#4,078
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « instrument »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.instrumentse 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 « fréquence » (#4,077), « ivoire » (#4,079), « flux » (#4,076). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « instrument » est au #4,078. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around instrument (IPA \ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,078 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 instrument, with forms such as "innstrument", "insrtument", and "insstrument". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "instruments", "instrumental", "instamment", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 instrument, spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Objet permettant d’exécuter une action.
  2. 2
    Instrument de musique ; appareil servant à produire des sons musicaux.
  3. 3
    Personne ou chose qui sert à produire quelque effet ou à parvenir à quelque fin.
  4. 4
    Contrats et actes publics par-devant notaire. Désigne aussi certaines pièces diplomatiques.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. On nomme baromètres des instruments propres à mesurer la pression atmosphérique. Dans les baromètres ordinaires, cette pression est mesurée par la hauteur d’une colonne de mercure dans un tube de verre, comme dans l’expérience de Torricelli […]
  2. Au nord ouest, près de la route de Sommerance, se dressaient les bois de la potence, instrument de la haute justice seigneuriale.

Synonyms

appareilmoyenoutilustensilejouetmoyen

This word in other languages

instrument(English)instrumento(Español)Werkzeug(Deutsch)ferramenta(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innstrument
  • insrtument
  • insstrument
  • instrmuent
  • instrrument
  • instruemnt
  • instrumennt
  • instrumentt
  • instrumetn
  • instrumment
  • instrumnet
  • insttrument
  • insturment
  • intsrument
  • isntrument
  • nistrument

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of instrument - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

innstrument1insrtument2insstrument1instrmuent2instrrument1instruemnt2instrumennt1instrumentt1
Edit distance from "instrument"

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 "instrument"?
"instrument" is spelled I-N-S-T-R-U-M-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃\.
What does "instrument" mean?
As a noun, "instrument" means: Objet permettant d’exécuter une action.
What words are commonly confused with "instrument"?
"instrument" is commonly confused with "instruments", "instrumental", "instamment". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "instrument"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "instrument" is \ɛ̃s.tʁy.mɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "instrument" come from?
"instrument" 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 "instrument", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

considérée#4,061références#4,098compétence#4,057succession#4,102

Similar misspelling depth

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

nationalité16 variantsBritanniques16 variantsprévention16 variantsinspiration16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list