insulto

//ĩj.ˈsuw.tu// noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#14,168

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

insulto is aPortuguesenoun. It means: mensagem ou ato que ofende ou difama Pronounced /ĩj.ˈsuw.tu/. Often confused with intuito and inseto.

Key facts for insulto
PropertyValue
Headwordinsulto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ĩj.ˈsuw.tu/
Letters7
Frequency rank#14,168
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for insulto is 7 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩj.ˈsuw.tu/. Corpus data places it at rank #14,168 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "mensagem ou ato que ofende ou difama".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for insulto, with forms such as "innsulto", "insluto", and "inssulto". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "intuito", "inseto", "injusto", and more, 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 insulto, spelled I-N-S-U-L-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    mensagem ou ato que ofende ou difama

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: innsulto,insluto,inssulto,insullto,insulot,insultto,insutlo,inuslto,isnulto,nisulto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for insulto

Misspelling Variants of "insulto"

innsulto8insluto7inssulto8insullto8insulot7insultto8insutlo7inuslto7
Misspelling Variants of "insulto"

Frequency rank: #14,168 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "insulto"?
"insulto" is spelled I-N-S-U-L-T-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩj.ˈsuw.tu/.
What does "insulto" mean?
As a noun, "insulto" means: mensagem ou ato que ofende ou difama
What words are commonly confused with "insulto"?
"insulto" is commonly confused with "intuito", "inseto", "injusto". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "insulto"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "insulto" is /ĩj.ˈsuw.tu/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "insulto" come from?
"insulto" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter I in our Portuguese index:

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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.