insidioso
[ĩnsiˈð̞joso]
The verdict
“insidioso” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #75,571 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,571
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Dícese del que tiende a armar asechanzas.
Corpus desk
Index ES-insidioso · insidioso · Spanish
insidioso · rank #75,571 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,571
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH insert
Nearest frequency peer: insert (-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 “insidioso”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- inmateriales
inmateriales
24,433 corpus weight
- inquietan
inquietan
24,432 corpus weight
- insert
insert
24,431 corpus weight
- insidioso
insidioso
24,430 corpus weight
- insistirá
insistirá
24,429 corpus weight
- insuficienc…
insuficiencias
24,428 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “insidioso” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insidioso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ĩnsiˈð̞joso] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #75,571 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “insidioso” en español
Rare enough to double-check
insidioso is uncommon Spanish at frequency #75,571 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ĩnsiˈð̞joso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
insidioso has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Spanish form is insidioso, spelled I-N-S-I-D-I-O-S-O.
Definition
- 1Dícese del que tiende a armar asechanzas.
- 2De apariencia inocente, pero malvado; referido a la apariencia de inocencia, inocuidad, pero cuyos fines son perversos.
- 3Que produce daño de manera sigilosa, a veces gradual.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how insidioso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Mucho, mucho debió quererla para escuchar tantos años sus insidiosas palabras, para permitirle que le desgarrase así, suave y laboriosamente, el corazón.
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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