Which to use
“installées” and “installes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,178
- “installées” frequency rank
- #49,160
- “installes” frequency rank
- 61338
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | installées | installes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Participe passé féminin pluriel de installer. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de installer. |
Where the eye mixes installées and installes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. installées runs 10 letters (VCCCVCCVVC) against installes's 9 (VCCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses installées with installes
A purely visual mix-up. installées (\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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61338, 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\. 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 61338, this pair ranks #92,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of installées vs installes
Shared letters: aeilnst. Private to "installées": é. Private to "installes": -.
"installées" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVVC · "installes" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- installes ← innstalles · insatlles · insstalles · instalels · instales · installess · installse · instlales
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "installées" for "installes" ever safe?
Frequency check: "installées" vs "installes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "installées" 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 #92,797 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "installées" 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 #92,797 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.