investigo

[ĩmbesˈt̪iɣ̞o]

/[ĩmbesˈt̪iɣ̞o]/ verb

The verdict

“investigo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,021 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#51,021
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de investigar.

Corpus desk

Index ES-investigo · investigo · Spanish

investigo · rank #51,021 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #51,021
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH inviolabilidad

Nearest frequency peer: inviolabilidad (+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 “investigo”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “investigo” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for investigo
PropertyValue
Headwordinvestigo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩmbesˈt̪iɣ̞o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#51,021
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “investigo” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.investigocae en esta cola de rareza:

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

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “inviolabilidad” (#51,022), “invertí” (#51,019), “internacionalismo” (#51,018). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “investigo” va en #51,021. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

investigo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,021 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩmbesˈt̪iɣ̞o]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de investigar.".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for investigo, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

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 investigo, spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-G-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de investigar.

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 "investigo"?
"investigo" is spelled I-N-V-E-S-T-I-G-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩmbesˈt̪iɣ̞o].
What does "investigo" mean?
As a verb, "investigo" means: Primera persona del singular (yo) del presente de indicativo de investigar.
How do you pronounce "investigo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "investigo" is [ĩmbesˈt̪iɣ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "investigo" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list