insulto

/[ĩnˈsul̪t̪o]/ noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#7,315

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

19

similar word pairs

insulto is aSpanishnoun. It means: Cualquier palabra o afirmación despectiva y desagradable dirigida a una persona o grupo con intención de ofender. Pronounced [ĩnˈsul̪t̪o]. It ranks #7,315 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with insumo and insultos.

Key facts for insulto
PropertyValue
Headwordinsulto
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩnˈsul̪t̪o]
Letters7
Frequency rank#7,315
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs19
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for insulto is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩnˈsul̪t̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #7,315 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 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for insulto, with forms such as "innsulto", "insluto", and "inssulto". 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 19 confusable-pair relationships, "insumo", "insultos", "injusto", 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 insulto, spelled I-N-S-U-L-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cualquier palabra o afirmación despectiva y desagradable dirigida a una persona o grupo con intención de ofender.
  2. 2
    Falta de respeto.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innsulto,insluto,inssulto,insullto,insulot,insultto,insutlo,inuslto,isnulto,nisulto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for insulto

Misspelling Variants of "insulto"

innsulto8insluto7inssulto8insullto8insulot7insultto8insutlo7inuslto7
Misspelling Variants of "insulto"

Frequency rank: #7,315 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "insulto"?
"insulto" is spelled I-N-S-U-L-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩnˈsul̪t̪o].
What does "insulto" mean?
As a noun, "insulto" means: Cualquier palabra o afirmación despectiva y desagradable dirigida a una persona o grupo con intención de ofender.
What words are commonly confused with "insulto"?
"insulto" is commonly confused with "insumo", "insultos", "injusto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insulto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insulto" is [ĩnˈsul̪t̪o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insulto" come from?
"insulto" 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.