instinto

/[ĩnsˈt̪ĩn̪t̪o]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,670

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

instinto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Tendencia o impulso innato y genéticamente determinado hacia un comportamiento Pronounced [ĩnsˈt̪ĩn̪t̪o]. It ranks #8,670 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with intento and instituto.

Key facts for instinto
PropertyValue
Headwordinstinto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩnsˈt̪ĩn̪t̪o]
Letters8
Frequency rank#8,670
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for instinto is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩnsˈt̪ĩn̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,670 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for instinto, with forms such as "innstinto", "insitnto", and "insstinto". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "intento", "instituto", "instintos", 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 instinto, spelled I-N-S-T-I-N-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tendencia o impulso innato y genéticamente determinado hacia un comportamiento
  2. 2
    Habilidad o discernimiento que opera sin intervención de la conciencia

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innstinto,insitnto,insstinto,instinnto,instinot,instintto,institno,instnito,insttinto,intsinto,isntinto,nistinto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for instinto

Misspelling Variants of "instinto"

innstinto9insitnto8insstinto9instinnto9instinot8instintto9institno8instnito8
Misspelling Variants of "instinto"

Frequency rank: #8,670 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "instinto"?
"instinto" is spelled I-N-S-T-I-N-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩnsˈt̪ĩn̪t̪o].
What does "instinto" mean?
As a noun, "instinto" means: Tendencia o impulso innato y genéticamente determinado hacia un comportamiento
What words are commonly confused with "instinto"?
"instinto" is commonly confused with "intento", "instituto", "instintos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "instinto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "instinto" is [ĩnsˈt̪ĩn̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "instinto" come from?
"instinto" 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.