Which to use
“installa” and “installée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,586
- “installa” frequency rank
- #6,207
- “installée” frequency rank
- 29793
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | installa | installée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier du passé simple de installer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de installer. |
Where the eye mixes installa and installée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. installa runs 8 letters (VCCCVCCV) against installée's 9 (VCCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between installa and installée
A purely visual mix-up. installa (\ɛ̃s.ta.la\) and installée (\ɛ̃s.ta.le\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29793, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
installa is recorded at frequency rank #23,586, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.ta.la\. installée is at rank #6,207, 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 29793, this pair ranks #314,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of installa vs installée
Shared letters: ailnst. Private to "installa": -. Private to "installée": eé.
"installa" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCCV · "installée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- installa ← innstalla · insatlla · insstalla · instala · instalal · instlala · insttalla · intsalla
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "installa" and "installée" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "installa" or "installée"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "installa" and "installée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "installa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "installée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #314,453 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "installa" and "installée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "installa 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 #314,453 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.