incautious
/ɪnˈkɑʃəs/adjective
incautious is spelled I-N-C-A-U-T-I-O-U-S: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, incautious means “careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in incautious?
| Letters | 10: I-N-C-A-U-T-I-O-U-S |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 26 million words; the 155,937th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is incautious?
Incautious appears about once in every 26 million words in written English, the 155,937th 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 incautious?
- US /ɪnˈkɑʃəs/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-incautious.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of incautious
- more incautious comparative
- most incautious superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incautious mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Incautious in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense careless, reckless, not exercising proper caution:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | imprudent, négligent |
| German | unvorsichtig |
| Portuguese | incauto |
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 incautious come from?
From in- (negative prefix) + cautious.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).