insistente
The verdict
“insistente” is a moderately-common Portuguese word, ranked #30,211 in Portuguese word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #30,211
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - que insiste; que não se dá por vencido
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | insistente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #30,211 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “insistente” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for insistente is 10 letters long, classified as an adjective. Corpus data places it at rank #30,211 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "que insiste; que não se dá por vencido".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for insistente, with forms such as "inisstente", "innsistente", and "insisetnte". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "inexistente", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is insistente, spelled I-N-S-I-S-T-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1que insiste; que não se dá por vencido
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: inisstente,innsistente,insisetnte,insisstente,insistenet,insistennte,insistentte,insistetne,insistnete,insisttente,insitsente,inssistente,inssitente,isnistente,nisistente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insistente - 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 “insistente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-S-I-S-T-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Don't mix it up with “inexistente” - see the side-by-side comparison. insistente vs inexistente
- 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.