insinuación

/[ĩnsinwaˈsjõn]/ noun

Letters

11 characters

Frequency Rank

#36,621

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

insinuación is aSpanishnoun. It means: Muestra, expresión o señal indirecta y sutil. Acción o efecto de insinuar. Pronounced [ĩnsinwaˈsjõn]. Often confused with insinuaciones.

Key facts for insinuación
PropertyValue
Headwordinsinuación
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩnsinwaˈsjõn]
Letters11
Frequency rank#36,621
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for insinuación is 11 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩnsinwaˈsjõn]. Corpus data places it at rank #36,621 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 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for insinuación, with forms such as "incinuación", "inisnuación", and "innsinuación". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "insinuaciones", 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 insinuación, spelled I-N-S-I-N-U-A-C-I-Ó-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Muestra, expresión o señal indirecta y sutil. Acción o efecto de insinuar.
  2. 2
    Indicación indirecta del deseo de tener relaciones amorosas o sexuales. Acción o efecto de insinuarse.
  3. 3
    Género o parte del exordio en que el orador trata de ganarse el interés y simpatía de los oyentes.
  4. 4
    En derecho antiguo, la intervención de la autoridad judicial y aprobación de la misma de las donaciones que excediesen de cierta cantidad.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: incinuación,inisnuación,innsinuación,insinaución,insinnuación,insinuacción,insinuacinó,insinuaciónn,insinuacóin,insinuaicón,insinuasión,insinucaión,insiunación,insniuación,inssinuación,isninuación,nisinuación

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for insinuación

Misspelling Variants of "insinuación"

incinuación11inisnuación11innsinuación12insinaución11insinnuación12insinuacción12insinuacinó11insinuaciónn12
Misspelling Variants of "insinuación"

Frequency rank: #36,621 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "insinuación"?
"insinuación" is spelled I-N-S-I-N-U-A-C-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩnsinwaˈsjõn].
What does "insinuación" mean?
As a noun, "insinuación" means: Muestra, expresión o señal indirecta y sutil. Acción o efecto de insinuar.
What words are commonly confused with "insinuación"?
"insinuación" is commonly confused with "insinuaciones". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insinuación"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insinuación" is [ĩnsinwaˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insinuación" come from?
"insinuación" 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.