inspirar
[ĩnspiˈɾaɾ]
The verdict
“inspirar” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #17,997 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #17,997
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 8
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Llevar aire a los pulmones.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inspirar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩnspiˈɾaɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #17,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 8 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “inspirar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for inspirar is 8 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩnspiˈɾaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #17,997 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for inspirar, with forms such as "innspirar", "inpsirar", and "insiprar". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "inspire", "inspiraron", "inspirarse", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is inspirar, spelled I-N-S-P-I-R-A-R.
Definition
- 1Llevar aire a los pulmones.
- 2Aspirar una sustancia suspendida en el aire, como el humo, o algún gas o mezcla de gases y sustancias suspendidas en él.
- 3Causar una impresión, sensación o sentimiento.
- 4Producir impresiones, sensaciones o sentimientos que impulsan al artista a crear.
- 5Tener influencia en un estilo o forma de hacer las cosas, porque se copia en algunos aspectos, o se le imita en cierto grado.
- 6Iluminar Dios a alguien para que actúe de manera virtuosa.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: innspirar,inpsirar,insiprar,inspiarr,inspirarr,inspirrar,insppirar,inspriar,insspirar,isnpirar,nispirar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inspirar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “inspirar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-S-P-I-R-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩnspiˈɾaɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “inspire” - see the side-by-side comparison. inspirar vs inspire
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.