insisto

/[ĩnˈsist̪o]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,357

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

17

similar word pairs

insisto is aSpanishverb. It means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de insistir. Pronounced [ĩnˈsist̪o]. Often confused with invito and insulto.

Key facts for insisto
PropertyValue
Headwordinsisto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩnˈsist̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#10,357
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs17
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for insisto is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩnˈsist̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,357 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de insistir.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for insisto, with forms such as "incisto", "inissto", and "innsisto". 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 17 confusable-pair relationships, "invito", "insulto", "invicto", 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 insisto, spelled I-N-S-I-S-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de insistir.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: incisto,inissto,innsisto,insisot,insissto,insistto,insitso,inssisto,inssito,isnisto,nisisto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for insisto

Misspelling Variants of "insisto"

incisto7inissto7innsisto8insisot7insissto8insistto8insitso7inssisto8
Misspelling Variants of "insisto"

Frequency rank: #10,357 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "insisto"?
"insisto" is spelled I-N-S-I-S-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩnˈsist̪o].
What does "insisto" mean?
As a verb, "insisto" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de insistir.
What words are commonly confused with "insisto"?
"insisto" is commonly confused with "invito", "insulto", "invicto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insisto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insisto" is [ĩnˈsist̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insisto" come from?
"insisto" 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.