insignia

/[ĩnˈsiɣ̞nja]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,720

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

insignia is aSpanishnoun. It means: Señal, distintivo o divisa honorífica. Pronounced [ĩnˈsiɣ̞nja]. Often confused with insinúa and insistía.

Key facts for insignia
PropertyValue
Headwordinsignia
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩnˈsiɣ̞nja]
Letters8
Frequency rank#13,720
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of insignia in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for insignia is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩnˈsiɣ̞nja]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,720 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for insignia, with forms such as "incignia", "inisgnia", and "innsignia". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "insinúa", "insistía", "insignias", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is insignia, spelled I-N-S-I-G-N-I-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Señal, distintivo o divisa honorífica.
  2. 2
    Bandera o estandarte de una legión romana.
  3. 3
    Pendón, estandarte, imagen o medalla de una hermandad o cofradía.
  4. 4
    Bandera de cierta especie que, puesta al tope de uno de los palos del buque, denota la graduación del jefe que lo manda o de otro que va en él.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: incignia,inisgnia,innsignia,insginia,insiggnia,insigina,insignai,insignnia,insingia,inssignia,isnignia,nisignia

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for insignia

Misspelling Variants of "insignia"

incignia8inisgnia8innsignia9insginia8insiggnia9insigina8insignai8insignnia9
Misspelling Variants of "insignia"

Frequency rank: #13,720 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "insignia"?
"insignia" is spelled I-N-S-I-G-N-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩnˈsiɣ̞nja].
What does "insignia" mean?
As a noun, "insignia" means: Señal, distintivo o divisa honorífica.
What words are commonly confused with "insignia"?
"insignia" is commonly confused with "insinúa", "insistía", "insignias". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insignia"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insignia" is [ĩnˈsiɣ̞nja]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insignia" come from?
"insignia" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.