insurgency
/ɪnˈsɜːd͡ʒənsi/
"insurgency" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“insurgency” has 16 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #19,371. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #19,371
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent
Corpus desk
Index EN-insurgency · insurgency · English
insurgency · rank #19,371 · 16 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #19,371
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 16 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH instruct
Nearest frequency peer: instruct (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “insurgency”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- indigo
indigo
80,635 corpus weight
- instruct
instruct
80,631 corpus weight
- insurgency
insurgency
80,630 corpus weight
- intimidate
intimidate
80,629 corpus weight
- IPA
IPA
80,628 corpus weight
- jamming
jamming
80,626 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “insurgency” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
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 | insurgency |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪnˈsɜːd͡ʒənsi/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #19,371 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “insurgency” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around insurgency (IPA /ɪnˈsɜːd͡ʒənsi/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #19,371 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for insurgency, with forms such as "innsurgency", "insrugency", and "inssurgency". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "insurgent", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From insurgent + -cy. The correct English form is insurgency, spelled I-N-S-U-R-G-E-N-C-Y.
Definition
- 1rebellion; revolt; the state of being insurgent
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how insurgency appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
suppress the insurgency by isolating the rebels from the rest of the population
Etymology
From insurgent + -cy.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- innsurgency
- insrugency
- inssurgency
- insugrency
- insuregncy
- insurgecny
- insurgenccy
- insurgencyy
- insurgenncy
- insurgenyc
- insurggency
- insurgnecy
- insurrgency
- inusrgency
- isnurgency
- nisurgency
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insurgency - 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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).
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- 16 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
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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.