insistently
"insistently" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“insistently” is uncommon English (frequency #69,956 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adverb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #69,956
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - In an insistent manner; pressingly.
Corpus desk
Index EN-insistently · insistently · English
insistently · rank #69,956 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #69,956
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH inoculate
Nearest frequency peer: inoculate (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Long-tail ranks near “insistently”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- infeasible
infeasible
30,048 corpus weight
- inoculate
inoculate
30,046 corpus weight
- insistently
insistently
30,045 corpus weight
- insula
insula
30,044 corpus weight
- integrable
integrable
30,043 corpus weight
- intermedia
intermedia
30,041 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “insistently” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insistently |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adverb |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #69,956 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “insistently” in English
Rare enough to double-check
insistently is uncommon English at frequency #69,956 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadverb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "In an insistent manner; pressingly.".
insistently doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From insistent + -ly. The correct English form is insistently, spelled I-N-S-I-S-T-E-N-T-L-Y.
Definition
- 1In an insistent manner; pressingly.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how insistently appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It is conceivable that there might be in man a virtue as strong and buoyant, as unconquerable and unsubmersible, as the physical characteristics of his race, like them remaining insistently dominant through all the ages.
The youngest son, Vardaman, is unable to cope with Addie's death and drills airholes in her coffin (and accidentally into her head) and insistently declares, "My mother is a fish"--like the big one he recently caught and gutted.
Etymology
From insistent + -ly.
This word in other languages
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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