Which to use
“installée” and “installes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,207
- “installée” frequency rank
- #49,160
- “installes” frequency rank
- 55367
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | installée | installes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de installer. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de installer. |
Where the eye mixes installée and installes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. installée (VCCCVCCVV) and installes (VCCCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses installée with installes
A purely visual mix-up. installée (\ɛ̃s.ta.le\) and installes (\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 55367, 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\. installes is at rank #49,160, 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 55367, this pair ranks #127,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of installée vs installes
Shared letters: aeilnst. Private to "installée": é. Private to "installes": -.
"installée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVV · "installes" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- installes ← innstalles · insatlles · insstalles · instalels · instales · installess · installse · instlales
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "installée" and "installes" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "installée" or "installes" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "installée" and "installes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "installée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "installes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,909 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "installée" and "installes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "installera 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 #127,909 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.