Which to use
“instables” is an adjective and “installées” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,254
- “instables” frequency rank
- #12,178
- “installées” frequency rank
- 36432
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | instables | installées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de instable. | Participe passé féminin pluriel de installer. |
Where the eye mixes instables and installées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. instables runs 9 letters (VCCCVCCVC) against installées's 10 (VCCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses instables with installées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: instables is \ɛ̃s.tabl\ while installées is \ɛ̃s.ta.le\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36432, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
instables is recorded at frequency rank #24,254, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃s.tabl\. installées is at rank #12,178, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.ta.le\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 36432, this pair ranks #269,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of instables vs installées
Shared letters: aeilnst. Private to "instables": b. Private to "installées": é.
"instables" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC · "installées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- instables ← innstables · insatbles · insstables · instabbles · instabels · instabless · instablles · instablse
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "instables" for "installées" ever safe?
Frequency check: "instables" vs "installées" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "instables" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "installées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #269,657 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "instables" and "installées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "instables vs installes". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #269,657 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.