introspection
/ɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/
"introspection" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“introspection” has 21 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,697. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,697
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 21
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.
Corpus desk
Index EN-introspection · introspection · English
introspection · rank #29,697 · 21 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #29,697
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 21 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH interlocking
Nearest frequency peer: interlocking (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “introspection”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- instructive
instructive
70,307 corpus weight
- interlocking
interlocking
70,305 corpus weight
- introspecti…
introspection
70,304 corpus weight
- invader
invader
70,303 corpus weight
- Jaffa
Jaffa
70,302 corpus weight
- Jamestown
Jamestown
70,301 corpus weight
What this shows “introspection” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | introspection |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #29,697 |
| Misspellings tracked | 21 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “introspection”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 21 spelling variants around introspection (IPA /ɪntɹəˈspɛkʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,697 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 21 likely wrong-spelling variants for introspection, with forms such as "inntrospection", "inrtospection", and "intorspection". 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, "introspective", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin intrōspectiō, noun of action (with -iō) from past-participle (intrōspectus) stem of intrōspiciō (“to look into, look at, examine, observe attentively”), from intro- (“inward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look at”). By surface analysis, introspect + -ion. The correct English form is introspection, spelled I-N-T-R-O-S-P-E-C-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1A looking inward; specifically, the act or process of self-examination, or inspection of one's own thoughts and feelings; the cognition which the mind has of its own acts and states.
- 2Clipping of type introspection.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how introspection appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
If Adam Wheeler gave it some thought, or if someone were to prompt him with the right questions, he could put words around the fact that his existence doesn't bring him any satisfaction. He would discover, on introspection, that he's nowhere close, actually, to "happy", and that there is something vast and significant missing from his life. But he doesn't…
Etymology
From Latin intrōspectiō, noun of action (with -iō) from past-participle (intrōspectus) stem of intrōspiciō (“to look into, look at, examine, observe attentively”), from intro- (“inward”) + speciō, spiciō (“to look at”). By surface analysis, introspect + -ion.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- inntrospection
- inrtospection
- intorspection
- intropsection
- introsepction
- introspcetion
- introspecction
- introspeciton
- introspecsion
- introspectino
- introspectionn
- introspectoin
- introspecttion
- introspetcion
- introsppection
- introsspection
- intrrospection
- intrsopection
- inttrospection
- itnrospection
- nitrospection
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of introspection - 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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