insalubre
/ĩ.sɐ.ˈlu.bɾɨ/
The verdict
“insalubre” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #42,979 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #42,979
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - pouco saudável, capaz de provocar doenças
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insalubre |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ĩ.sɐ.ˈlu.bɾɨ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #42,979 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “insalubre” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for insalubre is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.sɐ.ˈlu.bɾɨ/. Corpus data places it at rank #42,979 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "pouco saudável, capaz de provocar doenças".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for insalubre, with forms such as "inaslubre", "innsalubre", and "insalbure". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is insalubre, spelled I-N-S-A-L-U-B-R-E.
Definition
- 1pouco saudável, capaz de provocar doenças
Antonyms
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inaslubre,innsalubre,insalbure,insallubre,insalubbre,insaluber,insalubrre,insalurbe,insaulbre,inslaubre,inssalubre,isnalubre,nisalubre
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insalubre - 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.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “insalubre”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-S-A-L-U-B-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ĩ.sɐ.ˈlu.bɾɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.