Which to use
“installait” and “installent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,950
- “installait” frequency rank
- #14,061
- “installent” frequency rank
- 57011
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | installait | installent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de installer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de installer. |
Where the eye mixes installait and installent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between installait and installent
A purely visual mix-up. installait (\ɛ̃s.ta.lɛ\) and installent (\ɛ̃s.tal\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57011, 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\. installent is at rank #14,061, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.tal\.
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 57011, this pair ranks #117,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of installait vs installent
Shared letters: ailnst. Private to "installait": -. Private to "installent": e.
"installait" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC · "installent" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- installait ← innstallait · insatllait · insstallait · instalait · instalalit · installaitt · installati · installiat
- installent ← innstallent · insatllent · insstallent · instalelnt · instalent · installennt · installentt · installetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "installait" for "installent" ever safe?
Which is more common, "installait" or "installent"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "installait" and "installent" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "installait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "installent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #117,563 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "installait" and "installent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "installait vs installant". 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 #117,563 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.