instalar

//ĩʃ.tɐ.ˈlaɾ// verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#6,305

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

instalar is aPortugueseverb. It means: estabelecer Pronounced /ĩʃ.tɐ.ˈlaɾ/. It ranks #6,305 in Portuguese word frequency. Often confused with insular and instigar.

Key facts for instalar
PropertyValue
Headwordinstalar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ĩʃ.tɐ.ˈlaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,305
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of instalar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for instalar is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩʃ.tɐ.ˈlaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #6,305 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for instalar, with forms such as "innstalar", "insatlar", and "insstalar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "insular", "instigar", "instaurar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is instalar, spelled I-N-S-T-A-L-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    estabelecer
  2. 2
    inaugurar
  3. 3
    causar
  4. 4
    tomar posse
  5. 5
    colocar em algum lugar, com segurança
  6. 6
    inserir em equipamento eletrônico

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innstalar,insatlar,insstalar,instaalr,instalarr,installar,instalra,instlaar,insttalar,intsalar,isntalar,nistalar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for instalar

Misspelling Variants of "instalar"

innstalar9insatlar8insstalar9instaalr8instalarr9installar9instalra8instlaar8
Misspelling Variants of "instalar"

Frequency rank: #6,305 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "instalar"?
"instalar" is spelled I-N-S-T-A-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩʃ.tɐ.ˈlaɾ/.
What does "instalar" mean?
As a verb, "instalar" means: estabelecer
What words are commonly confused with "instalar"?
"instalar" is commonly confused with "insular", "instigar", "instaurar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "instalar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "instalar" is /ĩʃ.tɐ.ˈlaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "instalar" come from?
"instalar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.