incitement
/ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/noun
incitement is spelled I-N-C-I-T-E-M-E-N-T: 10 letters and 3 syllables. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, incitement means “A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of incitement is incitements.
How many letters and syllables are in incitement?
| Letters | 10: I-N-C-I-T-E-M-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 3 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 34,504th 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 incitement?
Incitement appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 34,504th 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 incitement?
- /ɪnˈsaɪt.mənt/
Incitement 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-incitement.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of incitement
- incitements plural
- encitement
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incitement mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal way.
The sheriff was constantly goading me into shooting trespassers, which should surely count as incitement at the very least.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Incitement in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a call to act; encouragement to act, often in an illegal fashion:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | incitation, instigation |
| German | Anstiftung, Verhetzung |
| Portuguese | incitação, incitamento |
| Spanish | incitación |
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 incitement come from?
From French incitement, from Latin incitāmentum (“incentive; incitement”), from incitō (“urge; quicken; incite”, verb). Equivalent to incite + -ment.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).