insuficiente

adj

Letters

12 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,087

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

17

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

insuficiente is anPortugueseadj. It means: que não é suficiente Often confused with ineficiente.

Key facts for insuficiente
PropertyValue
Headwordinsuficiente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdj
Letters12
Frequency rank#12,087
Misspellings tracked17
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of insuficiente in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for insuficiente is 12 letters long, classified as anadj. Corpus data places it at rank #12,087 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 17 documented wrong-spelling variants for insuficiente, with forms such as "innsuficiente", "insfuiciente", and "inssuficiente". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "ineficiente", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is insuficiente, spelled I-N-S-U-F-I-C-I-E-N-T-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    que não é suficiente
  2. 2
    incapaz, incompetente, inepto

Antonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innsuficiente,insfuiciente,inssuficiente,insufciiente,insufficiente,insuficciente,insuficeinte,insuficienet,insuficiennte,insuficientte,insuficietne,insuficinete,insufiicente,insuifciente,inusficiente,isnuficiente,nisuficiente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for insuficiente

Misspelling Variants of "insuficiente"

innsuficiente13insfuiciente12inssuficiente13insufciiente12insufficiente13insuficciente13insuficeinte12insuficienet12
Misspelling Variants of "insuficiente"

Frequency rank: #12,087 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "insuficiente"?
"insuficiente" is spelled I-N-S-U-F-I-C-I-E-N-T-E.
What does "insuficiente" mean?
As an adj, "insuficiente" means: que não é suficiente
What words are commonly confused with "insuficiente"?
"insuficiente" is commonly confused with "ineficiente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "insuficiente" come from?
"insuficiente" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.