indultosvsinsultasConfusable pair

Quick tell: indultos is a noun, insultas is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“indultos” is a noun and “insultas” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,284
“indultos” frequency rank
#42,502
“insultas” frequency rank
81786
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature indultos insultas
Definition Forma del plural de indulto. Segunda persona del singular (tú) del presente de indicativo de insultar.

Where the eye mixes indultos and insultas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. indultos and insultas follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
indultos
8 ch
insultas

Look-alike desk: indultos vs insultas

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: indultos is [ĩn̪ˈd̪ul̪t̪os] while insultas is [ĩnˈsul̪t̪as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81786, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

indultos is recorded at frequency rank #39,284, classified as anoun, pronounced [ĩn̪ˈd̪ul̪t̪os]. insultas is at rank #42,502, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩnˈsul̪t̪as].

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 81786, this pair ranks #9,983 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of indultos vs insultas

Shared letters: ilnstu. Private to "indultos": do. Private to "insultas": a.

"indultos" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "insultas" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • indultos ← idnultos · inddultos · indlutos · indulltos · indulots · indultoss · indultso · indulttos
  • insultas ← innsultas · inslutas · inssultas · insulats · insulltas · insultass · insultsa · insulttas

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "indultos" for "insultas" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "indultos" is a noun and "insultas" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "indultos" or "insultas" show up more?
"indultos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #39,284 in our Spanish list, against #42,502 for "insultas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "indultos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "insultas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,983 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "indultos" and "insultas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insultas vs insultes". 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 #9,983 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list