Which to use
“installait” and “installant” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,950
- “installait” frequency rank
- #25,014
- “installant” frequency rank
- 67964
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | installait | installant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de installer. | Participe présent de installer. |
Where the eye mixes installait and installant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: installait vs installant
A purely visual mix-up. installait (\ɛ̃s.ta.lɛ\) and installant (\ɛ̃s.ta.lɑ̃\) 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 a single letter - i in “installait” becomes n in “installant”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67964, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
installait is recorded at frequency rank #42,950, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.ta.lɛ\. installant is at rank #25,014, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.ta.lɑ̃\.
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 67964, this pair ranks #61,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of installait vs installant
Shared letters: ailnst. Private to "installait": -. Private to "installant": -.
"installait" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC · "installant" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- installait ← innstallait · insatllait · insstallait · instalait · instalalit · installaitt · installati · installiat
- installant ← innstallant · insatllant · insstallant · instalalnt · instalant · installannt · installantt · installatn
Frequently Asked Questions
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Which is more common, "installait" or "installant"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "installait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "installant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "installait" and "installant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "installa vs installait". 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 #61,215 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.