insular

[ĩnsuˈlaɾ]

/[ĩnsuˈlaɾ]/ adj

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The verdict

“insular” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #16,365. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,365
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - De una isla o perteneciente a ella

Corpus desk

Index ES-insular · insular · Spanish

insular · rank #16,365 · 10 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #16,365
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH instintos

Nearest frequency peer: instintos (-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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “insular”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “insular” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

insular vs insulto
71% similar
insular vs insulta
71% similar
insular vs insultar
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for insular
PropertyValue
Headwordinsular
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[ĩnsuˈlaɾ]
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,365
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “insular”

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.insularcae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “instintos” (#16,364), “inédito” (#16,366), “insomnio” (#16,363). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “insular” va en #16,365. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around insular (IPA [ĩnsuˈlaɾ]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #16,365 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "De una isla o perteneciente a ella".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for insular, with forms such as "innsular", "insluar", and "inssular". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "insulto", "insulta", "insultar", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

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. The correct Spanish form is insular, spelled I-N-S-U-L-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    De una isla o perteneciente a ella

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innsular
  • insluar
  • inssular
  • insualr
  • insularr
  • insullar
  • insulra
  • inuslar
  • isnular
  • nisular

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insular - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

innsular1insluar2inssular1insualr2insularr1insullar1insulra2inuslar2
Edit distance from "insular"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "insular"?
"insular" is spelled I-N-S-U-L-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩnsuˈlaɾ].
What does "insular" mean?
As an adjective, "insular" means: De una isla o perteneciente a ella
What words are commonly confused with "insular"?
"insular" is commonly confused with "insulto", "insulta", "insultar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insular"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insular" is [ĩnsuˈlaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insular" come from?
"insular" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "insular", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

inédito#16,366ilumina#16,358igualar#16,357híbrido#16,354

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

mostaza10 variantsmágicas10 variantsevacuar10 variantsobvias10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list