Which to use
“indulto” and “insulto” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #17,170
- “indulto” frequency rank
- #7,315
- “insulto” frequency rank
- 24485
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | indulto | insulto |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gracia o privilegio concedido a uno para que pueda hacer lo que sin él no podría. | Cualquier palabra o afirmación despectiva y desagradable dirigida a una persona o grupo con intención de ofender. |
Where the eye mixes indulto and insulto
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. indulto and insulto follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: indulto vs insulto
A purely visual mix-up. indulto ([ĩn̪ˈd̪ul̪t̪o]) and insulto ([ĩnˈsul̪t̪o]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - d in “indulto” becomes s in “insulto”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24485, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
indulto is recorded at frequency rank #17,170, classified as anoun, pronounced [ĩn̪ˈd̪ul̪t̪o]. insulto is at rank #7,315, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ĩnˈsul̪t̪o].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 24485, this pair ranks #240,960 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of indulto vs insulto
Shared letters: ilnotu. Private to "indulto": d. Private to "insulto": s.
"indulto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "insulto" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "indulto" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "insulto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #240,960 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "indulto" and "insulto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incultos vs indulto". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #240,960 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.