insulso
[ĩnˈsulso]
The verdict
“insulso” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,088 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,088
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Que carece de sabor
Corpus desk
Index ES-insulso · insulso · Spanish
insulso · rank #81,088 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,088
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH integraciones
Nearest frequency peer: integraciones (+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 “insulso”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- infestados
infestados
18,919 corpus weight
- ingeniosame…
ingeniosamente
18,915 corpus weight
- insulso
insulso
18,913 corpus weight
- integracion…
integraciones
18,912 corpus weight
- intempestiva
intempestiva
18,911 corpus weight
- intitulado
intitulado
18,909 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “insulso” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insulso |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ĩnˈsulso] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #81,088 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “insulso” en español
Rare enough to double-check
insulso is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,088 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ĩnˈsulso]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
insulso has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
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 insulso, spelled I-N-S-U-L-S-O.
Definition
- 1Que carece de sabor
- 2Que no muestra la intensidad de sabor que se considera aceptable o deseable
- 3Falto de gracia y viveza; que no produce emoción o sentimiento en la medida adecuada.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how insulso appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
«Nada más prodigioso, sin embargo, que el órgano de Santa Inés, ni nada más vulgar que los insulsos motetes que nos regaló su organista aquella noche».
This word in other languages
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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