insulto

/ĩj.ˈsuw.tu/

//ĩj.ˈsuw.tu// noun

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The verdict

“insulto” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #14,168. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,168
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mensagem ou ato que ofende ou difama

Corpus desk

Index PT-insulto · insulto · Portuguese

insulto · rank #14,168 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,168
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH insistência

Nearest frequency peer: insistência (-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 “insulto”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “insulto” 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).

insulto vs intuito
71% similar
insulto vs inseto
71% similar
insulto vs injusto
71% similar

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

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)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “insulto”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).insultocai aqui:

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

A escala é logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× mais rara). Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “insistência” (#14,167), “irrigação” (#14,170), “incremento” (#14,165). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “insulto” fica em #14,168. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around insulto (IPA /ĩj.ˈsuw.tu/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,168 among 938 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "mensagem ou ato que ofende ou difama".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for insulto, with forms such as "innsulto", "insluto", and "inssulto". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "intuito", "inseto", "injusto", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Portuguese form is insulto, spelled I-N-S-U-L-T-O.

Definition

  1. 1
    mensagem ou ato que ofende ou difama

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. A Federação das Mulheres da China também se manifestou, qualificando o desfile de insulto à imagem das chinesas, informou a imprensa.

Synonyms

injúriaofensa

This word in other languages

insult(English)insulto(Español)insulte(Français)Beleidigung(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • innsulto
  • insluto
  • inssulto
  • insullto
  • insulot
  • insultto
  • insutlo
  • inuslto
  • isnulto
  • nisulto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of insulto - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

innsulto1insluto2inssulto1insullto1insulot2insultto1insutlo2inuslto2
Edit distance from "insulto"

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 "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'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 "insulto", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

húngaro#14,158grafite#14,154mendigo#14,185noutras#14,196

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

extinto10 variantspremissa10 variantsreeleito10 variantsrepleto10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list