insto
[ˈĩnst̪o]
The verdict
“insto” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #66,258 among 22,782 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #66,258
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 22,782
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de instar.
Corpus desk
Index ES-insto · insto · Spanish
insto · rank #66,258 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #66,258
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 22,782
- PHOTO-FINISH inmigratoria
Nearest frequency peer: inmigratoria (-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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “insto”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- informas
informas
33,748 corpus weight
- iniciaremos
iniciaremos
33,746 corpus weight
- inmemorial
inmemorial
33,745 corpus weight
- inmigratoria
inmigratoria
33,744 corpus weight
- insto
insto
33,743 corpus weight
- interconect…
interconectadas
33,742 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “insto” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈĩnst̪o] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #66,258 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “insto” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
insto is uncommon Spanish at frequency #66,258 among 22,782 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈĩnst̪o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de instar.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for insto, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Spanish rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is insto, spelled I-N-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de instar.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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.