Incentives

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The verdict

“Incentives” is uncommon German (frequency #89,108 among 17,725 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,108
frequency rank, German
17,725
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Incentive

Key facts for Incentives
PropertyValue
HeadwordIncentives
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters10
Frequency rank#89,108
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Incentives” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Incentives lands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Incentives is uncommon German at frequency #89,108 among 17,725 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Incentives, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No documented word history exists for this headword, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Incentives, spelled I-N-C-E-N-T-I-V-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Incentive
  2. 2
    Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Incentive
  3. 3
    Genitiv Plural des Substantivs Incentive
  4. 4
    Dativ Plural des Substantivs Incentive
  5. 5
    Akkusativ Plural des Substantivs Incentive

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Incentives"?
"Incentives" is spelled I-N-C-E-N-T-I-V-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Incentives" mean?
As a noun, "Incentives" means: Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Incentive
How do you pronounce "Incentives"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Incentives" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Incentives" come from?
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Using “Incentives”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is I-N-C-E-N-T-I-V-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list