insertanvsinsultanTell them apart

Which to use

“insertan” and “insultan” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,797
“insertan” frequency rank
#22,401
“insultan” frequency rank
67198
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature insertan insultan
Definition Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de insertar. Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de insultar.

Where the eye mixes insertan and insultan

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

8 ch
insertan
8 ch
insultan

Why the eye confuses insertan with insultan

A purely visual mix-up. insertan ([ĩnˈseɾt̪ãn]) and insultan ([ĩnˈsul̪t̪ãn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

insertan is recorded at frequency rank #44,797, classified as averb, pronounced [ĩnˈseɾt̪ãn]. insultan is at rank #22,401, tagged as averb, pronounced [ĩnˈsul̪t̪ãn].

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 67198, this pair ranks #37,780 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of insertan vs insultan

Shared letters: ainst. Private to "insertan": er. Private to "insultan": lu.

"insertan" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "insultan" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • insertanincertan · inesrtan · innsertan · inseratn · inserrtan · insertann · insertna · inserttan
  • insultaninnsultan · inslutan · inssultan · insulatn · insulltan · insultann · insultna · insulttan

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "insertan" for "insultan" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ĩnˈseɾt̪ãn] versus [ĩnˈsul̪t̪ãn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "insertan" or "insultan"?
"insultan" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,401 in our Spanish list, against #44,797 for "insertan". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "insertan" and "insultan" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "insertan" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "insultan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #37,780 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "insertan" and "insultan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "insertan vs inserto". 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 #37,780 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