insultation

noun

"insultation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“insultation” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.

Corpus desk

Index EN-insultation · insultation · English

insultation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for insultation
PropertyValue
Headwordinsultation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “insultation” in English

insultationranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

insultation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for insultation, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Latin insultatio, from insulto: compare Old French insultation. The correct English form is insultation, spelled I-N-S-U-L-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.
  2. 2
    exultation

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how insultation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Against Insulation
  2. Their triumphant insultation over Babel.

Etymology

Latin insultatio, from insulto: compare Old French insultation.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "insultation"?
"insultation" is spelled I-N-S-U-L-T-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "insultation" mean?
As a noun, "insultation" means: The act of insulting; abusive or insolent treatment; insult.
What is the origin of the word "insultation"?
Latin insultatio, from insulto: compare Old French insultation. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list