insurrection
/ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃn̩/
"insurrection" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“insurrection” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #23,315 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,315
- frequency rank, English
- 12
- letters
- 17
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is a...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insurrection |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃn̩/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #23,315 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “insurrection” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for insurrection is 12 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃn̩/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,315 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is a...".
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for insurrection, with forms such as "innsurrection", "insrurection", and "inssurrection". 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. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Middle English insurreccion (“uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault”) [and other forms], from Middle French insurrection, Old French insurreccïon (modern French insurrection), and from their … The correct English form is insurrection, spelled I-N-S-U-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The action of part or all of a national population violently rising up against the government or other authority; (countable) an instance of this; a revolt, an uprising; specifically, one that is at an initial stage or limited in nature.
Etymology
From Late Middle English insurreccion (“uprising against a government, rebellion, revolt; civil disorder, riot; illegal armed assault”) [and other forms], from Middle French insurrection, Old French insurreccïon (modern French insurrection), and from their etymon Latin īnsurrēctiōnem (rare), the accusative singular of īnsurrēctiō (“rising up, insurrection, rebellion”), from īnsurgō (“to rise up”), from in- (prefix meaning ‘in, inside, within’) + surgō (“to arise, get up; to rise”) (from sub- (prefix meaning ‘(from) beneath, under’) + regō (“to direct, govern, rule; to guide, steer; to manage, oversee”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ- (“to right oneself, straighten; just; right”))).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: innsurrection,insrurection,inssurrection,insurection,insurerction,insurrcetion,insurrecction,insurreciton,insurrecsion,insurrectino,insurrectionn,insurrectoin,insurrecttion,insurretcion,inusrrection,isnurrection,nisurrection
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insurrection - 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 “insurrection”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-S-U-R-R-E-C-T-I-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˌɪnsəˈɹɛkʃn̩/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- 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.