# incarnate

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪnˈkɑːɹ.nɪt/ · frequency rank #29,316

## Definitions
1. Embodied in flesh; given a bodily, especially a human, form; personified.
2. Flesh-colored; crimson.

## Etymology
First attested in 1395, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English incarnat(e) (“(of God or Christ) embodied in human form or flesh, incarnate; provided with new tissues, healed; (with devel, in curses) bloody”), borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin incarnātus, perfect passive participle of incarnor (“to be made flesh, become incarnate”) (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from in- + Latin carō (“flesh”, carn- in its oblique stem) + -ō (verb-forming suffix).

## Common misspellings (13)
`icnarnate`, `inacrnate`, `incanrate`, `incarante`, `incarnaet`, `incarnatte`, `incarnnate`, `incarntae`, `incarrnate`, `inccarnate`, `incranate`, `inncarnate`, `nicarnate`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/incarnate