incapacitating
adjective, verb
incapacitating is spelled I-N-C-A-P-A-C-I-T-A-T-I-N-G: 14 letters and 6 syllables. It appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, incapacitating means “To make incapable (of doing something)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in incapacitating?
| Letters | 14: I-N-C-A-P-A-C-I-T-A-T-I-N-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 6 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 5 million words; the 69,884th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is incapacitating?
Incapacitating appears about once in every 5 million words in written English, the 69,884th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce incapacitating?
Incapacitating has 6 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of incapacitating
- more incapacitating comparative
- most incapacitating superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incapacitating mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
To make incapable (of doing something).
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of incapacitate
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Incapacitating in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to make incapable:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Spanish | incapacitante |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.