Which to use
“instru” is a noun and “intrus” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,729
- “instru” frequency rank
- #20,474
- “intrus” frequency rank
- 70203
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | instru | intrus |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | (Par apocope) Partie musicale d’un morceau de rap ou de hip-hop. | Introduit, contre le droit, dans quelque dignité ecclésiastique. |
Where the eye mixes instru and intrus
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. instru (VCCCCV) and intrus (VCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between instru and intrus
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: instru is \ɛ̃s.tʁy\ while intrus is \ɛ̃.tʁy\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they are an anagram pair: the same letters reordered, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70203, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
instru is recorded at frequency rank #49,729, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃s.tʁy\. intrus is at rank #20,474, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɛ̃.tʁy\.
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 70203, this pair ranks #52,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of instru vs intrus
Shared letters: inrstu. Private to "instru": -. Private to "intrus": -.
"instru" · 6 letters · shape VCCCCV · "intrus" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "instru" and "intrus" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "instru" vs "intrus" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "instru" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intrus" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #52,247 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "instru" and "intrus" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insert vs instru". 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 #52,247 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.