incision
/ɪnˈsɪʒən/noun
incision is spelled I-N-C-I-S-I-O-N: 8 letters and 3 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, incision means “A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation; the scar resulting from such a cut” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of incision is incisions.
How many letters and syllables are in incision?
| Letters | 8: I-N-C-I-S-I-O-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,536th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is incision?
Incision appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,536th 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 incision?
- /ɪnˈsɪʒən/
Incision has 3 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-incision.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of incision
- incisions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incision mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A cut, especially one made by a scalpel or similar medical tool in the context of surgical operation; the scar resulting from such a cut.
- 2
The act of cutting into a substance.
- 3
obsoleteSeparation or solution of viscid matter by medicines.
- 4
A cut-back
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Incision in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cut:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | incision |
| German | Einschnitt |
| Portuguese | incisão |
| Spanish | incisión, cisura, incisura |
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 incision come from?
From Middle English inscicioun, from Middle French incision, from Late Latin incisiō from the verb incidō (“to cut into”) + action noun suffix -iō.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).