insister

\ɛ̃.sis.te\

/\ɛ̃.sis.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“insister” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,725. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,725
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Appuyer sur quelque chose, s’y arrêter avec force.

Corpus desk

Index FR-insister · insister · French

insister · rank #10,725 · 12 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,725
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inquiètes

Nearest frequency peer: inquiètes (-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 « insister »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « insister » 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).

insister vs inviter
75% similar
insister vs insulter
75% similar
insister vs insiste
88% similar

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

Key facts for insister
PropertyValue
Headwordinsister
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.sis.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#10,725
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « insister »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).insisterse 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 « inquiètes » (#10,724), « interprétations » (#10,726), « innombrables » (#10,723). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « insister » est au #10,725. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around insister (IPA \ɛ̃.sis.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,725 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for insister, with forms such as "inisster", "innsister", and "insisetr". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "inviter", "insulter", "insiste", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is insister, spelled I-N-S-I-S-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Appuyer sur quelque chose, s’y arrêter avec force.
  2. 2
    Faire instance, persévérer à demander, à vouloir une chose.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how insister appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Je n’insiste pas, car il existe des ouvrages sur ces questions, tels l’important mémoire de De Candolle [Augustin Pyrame de Candolle] et les travaux de A. Chevalier.
  2. […], de même que les représentants plus militants de l'islam radical, qui réclament aujourd'hui, à cor et à cri, le retour de la religion au cœur de la vie politique, insistent sur l'incompatibilité entre l'islam et la notion laïque de nationalisme arabe.

Synonyms

marteler

This word in other languages

insist(English)insistir(Español)betonen(Deutsch)insistir(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • inisster
  • innsister
  • insisetr
  • insisster
  • insisterr
  • insistre
  • insistter
  • insitser
  • inssister
  • inssiter
  • isnister
  • nisister

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insister - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

inisster2innsister1insisetr2insisster1insisterr1insistre2insistter1insitser2
Edit distance from "insister"

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 "insister"?
"insister" is spelled I-N-S-I-S-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.sis.te\.
What does "insister" mean?
As a verb, "insister" means: Appuyer sur quelque chose, s’y arrêter avec force.
What words are commonly confused with "insister"?
"insister" is commonly confused with "inviter", "insulter", "insiste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insister"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insister" is \ɛ̃.sis.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insister" come from?
"insister" 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 "insister", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

investit#10,727informés#10,722ironique#10,728imagines#10,720

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

italiennes12 variantshumilité12 variantshomogène12 variantsgarnison12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list