insulter

\ɛ̃.syl.te\

/\ɛ̃.syl.te\/ verb

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The verdict

“insulter” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #6,402. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#6,402
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Outrager de fait ou de parole, avec dessein prémédité d’offenser.

Corpus desk

Index FR-insulter · insulter · French

insulter · rank #6,402 · 12 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #6,402
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH instants

Nearest frequency peer: instants (-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 « insulter »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « insulter » 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).

insulter vs insultes
88% similar
insulter vs insultez
88% similar
insulter vs insulte
88% similar

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

Key facts for insulter
PropertyValue
Headwordinsulter
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.syl.te\
Letters8
Frequency rank#6,402
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « insulter »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).insulterse 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 « instants » (#6,401), « insultes » (#6,403), « illustration » (#6,400). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « insulter » est au #6,402. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around insulter (IPA \ɛ̃.syl.te\), averb. Corpus frequency is #6,402 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 insulter, with forms such as "innsulter", "insluter", and "inssulter". 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 8 confusable-pair relationships, "insultes", "insultez", "insulte", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is insulter, spelled I-N-S-U-L-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Outrager de fait ou de parole, avec dessein prémédité d’offenser.
  2. 2
    Attaquer vivement et à découvert.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il l’insulta : « Vous voyez que ce merdeux se fout de moi et vous restez piqué comme une andouille, bon à rien, manche à couilles. »
  2. Ils décapitaient leurs ennemis et avaient inventé aussi la tradition du mooning, qui consistait à montrer son cul et qu'ils utilisèrent la première fois pour insulter les missionnaires espagnols.

Synonyms

injuriertraiter

This word in other languages

abuse(English)insultar(Español)beleidigen(Deutsch)injuriar(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innsulter
  • insluter
  • inssulter
  • insuletr
  • insullter
  • insulterr
  • insultre
  • insultter
  • insutler
  • inuslter
  • isnulter
  • nisulter

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

innsulter1insluter2inssulter1insuletr2insullter1insulterr1insultre2insultter1
Edit distance from "insulter"

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 "insulter"?
"insulter" is spelled I-N-S-U-L-T-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.syl.te\.
What does "insulter" mean?
As a verb, "insulter" means: Outrager de fait ou de parole, avec dessein prémédité d’offenser.
What words are commonly confused with "insulter"?
"insulter" is commonly confused with "insultes", "insultez", "insulte". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insulter"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insulter" is \ɛ̃.syl.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insulter" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

instants#6,401insultes#6,403libérale#6,409doctrine#6,389

Similar misspelling depth

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

médicaux12 variantsorientale12 variantsquinzaine12 variantsracistes12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list