incipit
/ˈɪnsɪpɪt/
"incipit" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“incipit” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The first few words of a text, especially its first line.
Corpus desk
Index EN-incipit · incipit · English
incipit · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incipit |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪnsɪpɪt/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “incipit” in English
Rare enough to double-check
incipit is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɪnsɪpɪt/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for incipit, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin incipit (“it begins”). The correct English form is incipit, spelled I-N-C-I-P-I-T.
Definition
- 1The first few words of a text, especially its first line.
- 2The first few bars of a piece of music.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin incipit (“it begins”).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.