insultar

/ĩ.suɫ.ˈtaɾ/

//ĩ.suɫ.ˈtaɾ// verb

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The verdict

“insultar” has 12 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #17,543. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#17,543
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - dirigir um insulto a

Corpus desk

Index PT-insultar · insultar · Portuguese

insultar · rank #17,543 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #17,543
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH indignado

Nearest frequency peer: indignado (-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 “insultar”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “insultar” 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).

insultar vs insulto
75% similar
insultar vs invulgar
75% similar
insultar vs insular
88% similar

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

Key facts for insultar
PropertyValue
Headwordinsultar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ĩ.suɫ.ˈtaɾ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#17,543
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “insultar”

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

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “indignado” (#17,542), “imponente” (#17,540), “inversão” (#17,547). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “insultar” fica em #17,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around insultar (IPA /ĩ.suɫ.ˈtaɾ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #17,543 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for insultar, with forms such as "innsultar", "inslutar", and "inssultar". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "insulto", "invulgar", "insular", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is insultar, spelled I-N-S-U-L-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    dirigir um insulto a
  2. 2
    injuriar
  3. 3
    ultrajar

This word in other languages

insult(English)injuriar(Español)insulter(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innsultar
  • inslutar
  • inssultar
  • insulatr
  • insulltar
  • insultarr
  • insultra
  • insulttar
  • insutlar
  • inusltar
  • isnultar
  • nisultar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insultar - 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.

innsultar1inslutar2inssultar1insulatr2insulltar1insultarr1insultra2insulttar1
Edit distance from "insultar"

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 "insultar"?
"insultar" is spelled I-N-S-U-L-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.suɫ.ˈtaɾ/.
What does "insultar" mean?
As a verb, "insultar" means: dirigir um insulto a
What words are commonly confused with "insultar"?
"insultar" is commonly confused with "insulto", "invulgar", "insular". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insultar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insultar" is /ĩ.suɫ.ˈtaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insultar" come from?
"insultar" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

inversão#17,547ferreiro#17,513fabuloso#17,511exaustão#17,506

Similar misspelling depth

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

desfilar12 variantscilindro12 variantsagilidade12 variantsvascular12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list