inserción

[ĩnseɾˈsjõn]

/[ĩnseɾˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“inserción” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #12,841. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,841
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - El acto de insertar o insertar algo.

Corpus desk

Index ES-insercion · inserción · Spanish

inserción · rank #12,841 · 15 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,841
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH inmobiliario

Nearest frequency peer: inmobiliario (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “inserción”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

inserción vs intención
78% similar
inserción vs inversión
78% similar
inserción vs inyección
78% similar

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

Key facts for inserción
PropertyValue
Headwordinserción
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩnseɾˈsjõn]
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,841
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “inserción”

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

#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 “inmobiliario” (#12,840), “invadir” (#12,842), “infracciones” (#12,839). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “inserción” va en #12,841. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around inserción (IPA [ĩnseɾˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,841 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for inserción, with forms such as "incerción", "inesrción", and "innserción". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "intención", "inversión", "inyección", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is inserción, spelled I-N-S-E-R-C-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    El acto de insertar o insertar algo.
  2. 2
    (anatomía) La distal final de la unión de un músculo a un hueso, que se mueve mediante el músculo.
  3. 3
    (genética) La adición de un nucleótido a un cromosoma por mutación.

This word in other languages

insertion(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • incerción
  • inesrción
  • innserción
  • insecrión
  • insercción
  • insercinó
  • inserciónn
  • insercóin
  • insericón
  • inserrción
  • insersión
  • insreción
  • insserción
  • isnerción
  • niserción

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inserción - 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.

incerción1inesrción2innserción1insecrión2insercción1insercinó2inserciónn1insercóin2
Edit distance from "inserción"

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 "inserción"?
"inserción" is spelled I-N-S-E-R-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩnseɾˈsjõn].
What does "inserción" mean?
As a noun, "inserción" means: El acto de insertar o insertar algo.
What words are commonly confused with "inserción"?
"inserción" is commonly confused with "intención", "inversión", "inyección". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inserción"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inserción" is [ĩnseɾˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inserción" come from?
"inserción" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

impuestas#12,837impecable#12,835imitación#12,834habitante#12,829

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

influyente15 variantsMadagascar15 variantsfinanciado15 variantsmilímetros15 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list