inducir

Name: inducir, Spanish Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

[ĩn̪d̪uˈsiɾ]

/[ĩn̪d̪uˈsiɾ]/ verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“inducir” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #21,024. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,024
frequency rank, Spanish: 3,428
“I” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings: 6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instigar, persuadir, mover a uno.

Corpus desk

Index ES-inducir · inducir · Spanish

inducir · rank #21,024 · 11 variants · 6 confusables

FREQ-MID #21,024
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 3,428
PHOTO-FINISH indemnizacion…

Nearest frequency peer: indemnizaciones (-1 rank slots)

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.

ilícita

78,981
indemnizaci…

78,978
inducir

78,977
infectado

78,976
inmortales

78,974
inolvidables

78,973

What this shows “inducir” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

inducir vs intuir

71% similar

inducir vs induce

71% similar

inducir vs indicar

71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for inducir
Property	Value
Headword	inducir
Language	Spanish
Part of speech	Verb
IPA	[ĩn̪d̪uˈsiɾ]
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#21,024
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	6
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “inducir”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.inducircae aquí:

#21,024

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “indemnizaciones” (#21,023), “infectado” (#21,025), “inmortales” (#21,027). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “inducir” va en #21,024. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around inducir (IPA [ĩn̪d̪uˈsiɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #21,024 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for inducir, with forms such as "idnucir", "indcuir", and "indducir". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "intuir", "induce", "indicar", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is inducir, spelled I-N-D-U-C-I-R.

Definition

1
Instigar, persuadir, mover a uno.
2
Ocasionar, causar.
3
Ascender lógicamente el entendimiento desde el conocimiento de los fenómenos, hechos o casos, a la ley o principio que virtualmente los contiene o que se efectúa en todos ellos uniformemente.
4
Producir un cuerpo electrizado fenómenos eléctricos en otro situado a cierta distancia de él.

Synonyms

incitar instigar mover empujar impulsar animar exhortar persuadir convencer estimular excitar requerir provocar ocasionar causar desencadenar

Antonyms

disuadir desconvencer

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

idnucir
indcuir
indducir
induccir
inducirr
inducri
induicr
indusir
innducir
inudcir
niducir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inducir - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

Edit distance from "inducir"

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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inducir"?

"inducir" is spelled I-N-D-U-C-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩn̪d̪uˈsiɾ].

What does "inducir" mean?

As a verb, "inducir" means: Instigar, persuadir, mover a uno.

What words are commonly confused with "inducir"?

"inducir" is commonly confused with "intuir", "induce", "indicar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

How do you pronounce "inducir"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inducir" is [ĩn̪d̪uˈsiɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "inducir" come from?

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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "inducir", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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