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. |
Same sound, different letters: installée vs installées
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 9 letters. installée runs 9 letters (VCCCVCCVV) against installées's 10 (VCCCVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - installée and installées
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "installée" and "installées" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "installée" or "installées"?
After this comparison
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "installée" 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 #378,596 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "installée" and "installées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "installées vs installes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #378,596 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.