insert
/ɪnˈsɜːt/
"insert" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“insert” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #7,019 in English word frequency and used as a verb.
- #7,019
- frequency rank, English
- 6
- letters
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To put in between or into.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insert |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɪnˈsɜːt/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #7,019 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “insert” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for insert is 6 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɪnˈsɜːt/. Corpus data places it at rank #7,019 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "To put in between or into.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for insert, with forms such as "inesrt", "innsert", and "inserrt". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "inset", "invest", "intent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin insertus, past participle of inserō, from in- + serō (“join, bind together, connect, entwine, interweave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Compare exsert. The correct English form is insert, spelled I-N-S-E-R-T.
Definition
- 1To put in between or into.
Etymology
From Latin insertus, past participle of inserō, from in- + serō (“join, bind together, connect, entwine, interweave”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ser- (“to bind, put together, to line up”). Compare exsert.
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inesrt,innsert,inserrt,insertt,insetr,insret,inssert,isnert,nisert
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insert - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “insert”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-S-E-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɪnˈsɜːt/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “inset” - see the side-by-side comparison. insert vs inset
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.