insistait

\ɛ̃.sis.tɛ\

/\ɛ̃.sis.tɛ\/ verb

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The verdict

“insistait” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #32,022. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#32,022
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de insister.

Corpus desk

Index FR-insistait · insistait · French

insistait · rank #32,022 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #32,022
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH insatisfaction

Nearest frequency peer: insatisfaction (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « insistait »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « insistait » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

insistait vs invitait
78% similar
insistait vs insistant
89% similar
insistait vs insistent
78% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for insistait
PropertyValue
Headwordinsistait
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.sis.tɛ\
Letters9
Frequency rank#32,022
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « insistait »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).insistaitse place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « insatisfaction » (#32,021), « interconnexion » (#32,023), « inoubliables » (#32,020). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « insistait » est au #32,022. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around insistait (IPA \ɛ̃.sis.tɛ\), averb. Corpus frequency is #32,022 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de insister.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for insistait, with forms such as "inisstait", "innsistait", and "insisatit". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "invitait", "insistant", "insistent", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is insistait, spelled I-N-S-I-S-T-A-I-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de insister.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inisstait
  • innsistait
  • insisatit
  • insisstait
  • insistaitt
  • insistati
  • insistiat
  • insisttait
  • insitsait
  • inssistait
  • inssitait
  • isnistait
  • nisistait

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insistait - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

inisstait2innsistait1insisatit2insisstait1insistaitt1insistati2insistiat2insisttait1
Edit distance from "insistait"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "insistait"?
"insistait" is spelled I-N-S-I-S-T-A-I-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.sis.tɛ\.
What does "insistait" mean?
As a verb, "insistait" means: Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de l’indicatif de insister.
What words are commonly confused with "insistait"?
"insistait" is commonly confused with "invitait", "insistant", "insistent". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insistait"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insistait" is \ɛ̃.sis.tɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insistait" come from?
"insistait" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

inculquer#32,016jihadiste#32,031incendiée#32,012inachevée#32,011

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

imparable13 variantslaisserons13 variantshologramme13 variantsholdings13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list