Which to use
“installent” and “installèrent” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #14,061
- “installent” frequency rank
- #46,823
- “installèrent” frequency rank
- 60884
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | installent | installèrent |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de installer. | Troisième personne du pluriel du passé simple de installer. |
Where the eye mixes installent and installèrent
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence. installent runs 10 letters (VCCCVCCVCC) against installèrent's 12 (VCCCVCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between installent and installèrent
A purely visual mix-up. installent (\ɛ̃s.tal\) and installèrent (\ɛ̃s.ta.lɛʁ\) 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60884, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
installent is recorded at frequency rank #14,061, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.tal\. installèrent is at rank #46,823, tagged as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.ta.lɛʁ\.
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 60884, this pair ranks #95,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of installent vs installèrent
Shared letters: aeilnst. Private to "installent": -. Private to "installèrent": rè.
"installent" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCC · "installèrent" · 12 letters · shape VCCCVCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- installent ← innstallent · insatllent · insstallent · instalelnt · instalent · installennt · installentt · installetn
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "installent" and "installèrent" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "installent" or "installèrent"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "installent" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "installèrent" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #95,271 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "installent" and "installèrent" 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 #95,271 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.