insistez
\ɛ̃.sis.te\
The verdict
“insistez” is uncommon French (frequency #53,412 among 142,603 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,412
- frequency rank, French
- 142,603
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de insister.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insistez |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.sis.te\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #53,412 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “insistez” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
insistez is uncommon French at frequency #53,412 among 142,603 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.sis.te\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for insistez, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is insistez, spelled I-N-S-I-S-T-E-Z.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de insister.
- 2Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de 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.
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Using “insistez”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-S-I-S-T-E-Z - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.sis.te\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.