# insistent

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪnˈsɪstənt/ · frequency rank #27,180

## Definitions
1. Standing or resting on something.
2. Urgent in dwelling upon anything; persistent in urging or maintaining.
3. Extorting attention or notice; coercively staring or prominent; vivid; intense.
4. Standing on end: specifically said of the hind toe of a bird when its base is inserted so high on the shank that only its tip touches the ground: correlated with incumbent.

## Etymology
From Latin insistens, participle of insisto.

## Easily confused with
- **insisting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/insistent-vs-insisting)
- **insisted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/insisted-vs-insistent)
- **insistence** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/insistence-vs-insistent)

## Common misspellings (14)
`inisstent`, `innsistent`, `insisetnt`, `insisstent`, `insistennt`, `insistentt`, `insistetn`, `insistnet`, `insisttent`, `insitsent`, `inssistent`, `inssitent`, `isnistent`, `nisistent`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/insistent