Which to use
“installée” and “instaurée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #6,207
- “installée” frequency rank
- #28,606
- “instaurée” frequency rank
- 34813
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | installée | instaurée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin singulier de installer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de instaurer. |
Where the eye mixes installée and instaurée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. installée (VCCCVCCVV) and instaurée (VCCCVVCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: installée vs instaurée
A purely visual mix-up. installée (\ɛ̃s.ta.le\) and instaurée (\ɛ̃s.tɔ.ʁe\) 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 34813, 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\. instaurée is at rank #28,606, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.tɔ.ʁe\.
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 34813, this pair ranks #281,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of installée vs instaurée
Shared letters: aeinsté. Private to "installée": l. Private to "instaurée": ru.
"installée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVV · "instaurée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVV
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "installée" for "instaurée" ever safe?
Frequency check: "installée" vs "instaurée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "installée" and "instaurée" 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 "instaurée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #281,166 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "installée" and "instaurée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "installée vs installes". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #281,166 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.