insultar
[ĩnsul̪ˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“insultar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #8,274. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,274
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 11
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Decir cosas obscenas o malsonantes dirigidas a alguien.
Corpus desk
Index ES-insultar · insultar · Spanish
insultar · rank #8,274 · 12 variants · 11 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,274
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 11 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH inscripciones
Nearest frequency peer: inscripciones (-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 “insultar”
Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino
- incidencia
incidencia
91,730 corpus weight
- incluyó
incluyó
91,729 corpus weight
- inscripcion…
inscripciones
91,728 corpus weight
- insultar
insultar
91,727 corpus weight
- interesan
interesan
91,726 corpus weight
- interpretac…
interpretaciones
91,725 corpus weight
What this shows “insultar” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insultar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩnsul̪ˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #8,274 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 11 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “insultar”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around insultar (IPA [ĩnsul̪ˈt̪aɾ]), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,274 among 3,428 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for insultar, with forms such as "innsultar", "inslutar", and "inssultar". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "insulto", "insultos", "insultas", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is insultar, spelled I-N-S-U-L-T-A-R.
Definition
- 1Decir cosas obscenas o malsonantes dirigidas a alguien.
- 2Causar una ofensa, con los actos incluso, aun cuando no se ha dicho nada.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- innsultar
- inslutar
- inssultar
- insulatr
- insulltar
- insultarr
- insultra
- insulttar
- insutlar
- inusltar
- isnultar
- nisultar
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insultar - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "insultar", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).