Which to use
“instaure” and “instaurée” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,666
- “instaure” frequency rank
- #28,606
- “instaurée” frequency rank
- 50272
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | instaure | instaurée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de instaurer. | Participe passé féminin singulier de instaurer. |
Where the eye mixes instaure and instaurée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. instaure runs 8 letters (VCCCVVCV) against instaurée's 9 (VCCCVVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: instaure vs instaurée
A purely visual mix-up. instaure (\ɛ̃s.tɔʁ\) 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50272, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
instaure is recorded at frequency rank #21,666, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃s.tɔʁ\. 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 50272, this pair ranks #163,981 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of instaure vs instaurée
Shared letters: aeinrstu. Private to "instaure": -. Private to "instaurée": é.
"instaure" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCV · "instaurée" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- instaure ← innstaure · insature · insstaure · instarue · instauer · insttaure · instuare · intsaure
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "instaure" and "instaurée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "instaure" vs "instaurée" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "instaure" and "instaurée" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "instaure" 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 #163,981 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "instaure" and "instaurée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "instaure vs instruire". 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 #163,981 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.