Which to use
“installer” and “installes” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,520
- “installer” frequency rank
- #49,160
- “installes” frequency rank
- 51680
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | installer | installes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Mettre solennellement en possession d’une place, d’un emploi, d’une dignité. | Deuxième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de installer. |
Where the eye mixes installer and installes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between installer and installes
A purely visual mix-up. installer (\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 a single letter - r in “installer” becomes s in “installes”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51680, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
installer is recorded at frequency rank #2,520, 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 51680, this pair ranks #153,222 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of installer vs installes
Shared letters: aeilnst. Private to "installer": r. Private to "installes": -.
"installer" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC · "installes" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "installer" and "installes" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "installer" or "installes"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "installer" and "installes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "installer" 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 #153,222 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "installer" 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 #153,222 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.