incarnation
/ˌɪŋ.kɑɹˈneɪ.ʃən/noun
incarnation is spelled I-N-C-A-R-N-A-T-I-O-N: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, incarnation means “An incarnate being or form” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of incarnation is incarnations.
How many letters and syllables are in incarnation?
| Letters | 11: I-N-C-A-R-N-A-T-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.6 times per million words; the 16,687th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is incarnation?
Incarnation appears 2.6 times per million words in written English, the 16,687th 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 incarnation?
- UK /ˌɪŋ.kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/
- US /ˌɪŋ.kɑɹˈneɪ.ʃən/
Incarnation has 4 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). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-incarnation.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with incarnation?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as incarnation from its last stressed vowel (/eɪʃən/):
- situation
- association
- population
- administration
- operation
- organization
- application
- location
- generation
- foundation
- conversation
- investigation
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of incarnation
- incarnations plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incarnation mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An incarnate being or form.
She is a new incarnation of some of the illustrious dead.
- 2
A version or iteration (of something).
- 3
A living being embodying a deity or spirit.
- 4
An assumption of human form or nature.
- 5
A person or thing regarded as embodying or exhibiting some quality, idea, or the like.
The leading dancer is the incarnation of grace.
- 6
The act of incarnating.
- 7
The state of being incarnated.
- 8
obsoleteA rosy or red colour; flesh (the colour); carnation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Incarnation in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense incarnate being or form:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | incarnation |
| German | Verkörperung |
| Portuguese | encarnação |
| Spanish | encarnación |
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.
Where does incarnation come from?
From Middle English incarnacion, borrowed from Old French incarnacion, from Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio, from Late Latin incarnari (“to be made flesh”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).