insistente

adj

The verdict

“insistente” has 15 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #30,211. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#30,211
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que insiste; que não se dá por vencido

Corpus desk

Index PT-insistente · insistente · Portuguese

insistente · rank #30,211 · 15 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #30,211
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH intelectualme…

Nearest frequency peer: intelectualmente (+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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “insistente”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “insistente” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

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).

insistente vs inexistente
82% similar

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

Key facts for insistente
PropertyValue
Headwordinsistente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
Letters10
Frequency rank#30,211
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “insistente”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).insistentecai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “intelectualmente” (#30,212), “inalação” (#30,207), “inundar” (#30,217). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “insistente” fica em #30,211. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around insistente, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #30,211 among 938 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "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

  1. 1
    que insiste; que não se dá por vencido

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Farah deixou claro que o crime ocorreu após pelo menos cinco anos de uma perseguição insistente e desmedida por parte de Maria do Carmo.

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.

inisstente2innsistente1insisetnte2insisstente1insistenet2insistennte1insistentte1insistetne2
Edit distance from "insistente"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "insistente"?
"insistente" is spelled I-N-S-I-S-T-E-N-T-E.
What does "insistente" mean?
As an adjective, "insistente" means: que insiste; que não se dá por vencido
What words are commonly confused with "insistente"?
"insistente" is commonly confused with "inexistente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "insistente" come from?
"insistente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list