Which to use
“installées” and “installent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,178
- “installées” frequency rank
- #14,061
- “installent” frequency rank
- 26239
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | installées | installent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de installer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de installer. |
Where the eye mixes installées and installent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. installées (VCCCVCCVVC) and installent (VCCCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses installées with installent
A purely visual mix-up. installées (\ɛ̃s.ta.le\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
installées is recorded at frequency rank #12,178, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.ta.le\. 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 26239, this pair ranks #336,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of installées vs installent
Shared letters: aeilnst. Private to "installées": é. Private to "installent": -.
"installées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC · "installent" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- installent ← innstallent · insatllent · insstallent · instalelnt · instalent · installennt · installentt · installetn
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "installées" 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 #336,268 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "installées" and "installent" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "installent 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 #336,268 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.