Which to use
“incitement” and “increment” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,537
- “incitement” frequency rank
- #30,457
- “increment” frequency rank
- 64994
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incitement | increment |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way. | The action of increasing or becoming greater. |
Where the eye mixes incitement and increment
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: incitement vs increment
A purely visual mix-up. incitement (/ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/) and increment (/ˈɪŋkɹɪmn̩t/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64994, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incitement is recorded at frequency rank #34,537, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/. increment is at rank #30,457, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈɪŋkɹɪmn̩t/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 64994, this pair ranks #74,945 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of incitement vs increment
Shared letters: ceimnt. Private to "incitement": -. Private to "increment": r.
"incitement" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCVCVCC · "increment" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- incitement ← icnitement · inccitement · incietment · inciteemnt · incitemennt · incitementt · incitemetn · incitemment
- increment ← icnrement · inccrement · incerment · increemnt · incremennt · incrementt · incremetn · incremment
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "incitement" for "increment" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "incitement" or "increment" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "incitement" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "increment" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,945 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incitement" and "increment" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incitement vs inclement". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #74,945 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.