# incarnation

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˌɪŋ.kɑːˈneɪ.ʃən/ · frequency rank #16,731

## Definitions
1. An incarnate being or form.
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.
6. The act of incarnating.
7. The state of being incarnated.
8. A rosy or red colour; flesh (the colour); carnation.
9. The process of healing wounds and filling the part with new flesh; granulation.

## Etymology
From Middle English incarnacion, borrowed from Old French incarnacion, from Medieval Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin incarnatio, from Late Latin incarnari (“to be made flesh”).

## Easily confused with
- **inclination** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incarnation-vs-inclination)
- **incantation** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incantation-vs-incarnation)

## Common misspellings (17)
`icnarnation`, `inacrnation`, `incanration`, `incarantion`, `incarnaiton`, `incarnasion`, `incarnatino`, `incarnationn`, `incarnatoin`, `incarnattion`, `incarnnation`, `incarntaion`, `incarrnation`, `inccarnation`, `incranation`, `inncarnation`, `nicarnation`

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