insano
[ĩnˈsano]
The verdict
“insano” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #56,411 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,411
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nocivo, dañino para la salud.
Corpus desk
Index ES-insano · insano · Spanish
insano · rank #56,411 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,411
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH insultaba
Nearest frequency peer: insultaba (+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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “insano”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- infructuosa…
infructuosamente
43,595 corpus weight
- inhibiciones
inhibiciones
43,594 corpus weight
- insano
insano
43,590 corpus weight
- insultaba
insultaba
43,589 corpus weight
- insultantes
insultantes
43,588 corpus weight
- inteligible
inteligible
43,587 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “insano” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insano |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ĩnˈsano] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,411 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “insano” en español
Rare enough to double-check
insano is uncommon Spanish at frequency #56,411 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ĩnˈsano]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for insano, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is insano, spelled I-N-S-A-N-O.
Definition
- 1Nocivo, dañino para la salud.
- 2Loco, demente o furioso.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how insano appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Pero uno sí puede hacer, creo yo, que quien se forma, con una disposición insana de su alma, opiniones de la misma naturaleza que ella, pueda con una disposición beneficiosa tener las opiniones que a este estado le corresponden.
This word in other languages
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.
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