installéevsinstalléesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“installée” and “installées” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#6,207
“installée” frequency rank
#12,178
“installées” frequency rank
18385
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature installée installées
Definition Participe passé féminin singulier de installer. Participe passé féminin pluriel de installer.

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set installée and installées apart are highlighted. They share 9 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch
installée
10 ch
installées

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

This is the hard kind. installée and installées are pronounced identically (\ɛ̃s.ta.le\) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “installée” sits inside “installées”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18385, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

installée is recorded at frequency rank #6,207, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.ta.le\. 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 18385, this pair ranks #378,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of installée vs installées

Shared letters: aeilnsté. Private to "installée": -. Private to "installées": -.

"installée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVV  ·  "installées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC

Frequency comparison

installée#6,207
installées#12,178

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "installée" and "installées" be used interchangeably?
No. They are pronounced the same (\ɛ̃s.ta.le\), which is exactly why they get swapped in writing, but the dictionary meanings above are different, and pronunciation is no guide here.
Which is more common, "installée" or "installées"?
"installée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,207 in our French list, against #12,178 for "installées". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering installée vs installées

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “installée” entry
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list