instigar
[ĩnst̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]
The verdict
“instigar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #72,022 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #72,022
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Incitar, provocar o inducir a uno a que haga una cosa.
Corpus desk
Index ES-instigar · instigar · Spanish
instigar · rank #72,022 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #72,022
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH instigado
Nearest frequency peer: instigado (-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 “instigar”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- inmutables
inmutables
27,982 corpus weight
- insolentes
insolentes
27,981 corpus weight
- instigado
instigado
27,980 corpus weight
- instigar
instigar
27,979 corpus weight
- instructiva
instructiva
27,978 corpus weight
- integramos
integramos
27,976 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “instigar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | instigar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩnst̪iˈɣ̞aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #72,022 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “instigar” en español
Rare enough to double-check
instigar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #72,022 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩnst̪iˈɣ̞aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Incitar, provocar o inducir a uno a que haga una cosa.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for instigar, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is instigar, spelled I-N-S-T-I-G-A-R.
Definition
- 1Incitar, provocar o inducir a uno a que haga una cosa.
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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