Which to use
“incredible” and “inedible” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,351
- “incredible” frequency rank
- #45,447
- “inedible” frequency rank
- 47798
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incredible | inedible |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief. | not edible; not appropriate, worthy, or safe to eat |
Letter map: incredible vs inedible
Shared letters muted; letters that set incredible and inedible apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.
Corpus notes: incredible and inedible
incredible and inedible are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47798, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incredible is recorded at frequency rank #2,351, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbəl/. inedible is at rank #45,447, tagged as anadj.
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 47798, this pair ranks #199,113 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of incredible vs inedible
Shared letters: bdeiln. Private to "incredible": cr. Private to "inedible": -.
"incredible" · 10 letters · shape VCCCVCVCCV · "inedible" · 8 letters · shape VCVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- incredible ← icnredible · inccredible · incerdible · incrdeible · incredable · incredbile · increddible · incredibble
- inedible ← iendible · indeible · inedable · inedbile · ineddible · inedibble · inedibel · inediblle
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "incredible" and "inedible" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "incredible" vs "inedible" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "incredible" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inedible" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #199,113 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incredible" and "inedible" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inaudible vs inedible". 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 #199,113 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.