insistan
[ĩnˈsist̪ãn]
The verdict
“insistan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #59,354 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,354
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de insistir.
Corpus desk
Index ES-insistan · insistan · Spanish
insistan · rank #59,354 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,354
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH insensatos
Nearest frequency peer: insensatos (-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 “insistan”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- inmundos
inmundos
40,649 corpus weight
- insensatos
insensatos
40,648 corpus weight
- insistan
insistan
40,647 corpus weight
- instaura
instaura
40,646 corpus weight
- instigador
instigador
40,645 corpus weight
- institutriz
institutriz
40,644 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “insistan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insistan |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩnˈsist̪ãn] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #59,354 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “insistan” en español
Rare enough to double-check
insistan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #59,354 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩnˈsist̪ãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for insistan in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is insistan, spelled I-N-S-I-S-T-A-N.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de subjuntivo de insistir.
- 2Segunda persona del plural (ustedes) del imperativo de insistir.
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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