incompatible
in·com·pat·i·ble/ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl/adjective, noun
incompatible is spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-A-T-I-B-L-E, 5 syllables: in·com·pat·i·ble. The wrong spelling people search most is incompatable: about 50 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 14 of all searches for the word. Incompatible is an adjective meaning “Of two or more things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together…”.
How many letters and syllables are in incompatible?
| Letters | 12: I-N-C-O-M-P-A-T-I-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: in·com·pat·i·ble |
| In writing | 3.0 times per million words; the 15,368th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, incompatable, about 50 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell incompatible?
Incompatible is spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-A-T-I-B-L-E. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 14 of the searches for incompatible in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is incompatible?
Incompatible appears 3.0 times per million words in written English, the 15,368th 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 incompatible?
- /ˌɪŋkəmˈpætɪbəl/
- /ˌɪnkəmˈpætɪbəl/
Incompatible has 5 syllables, split in·com·pat·i·ble in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-incompatible.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of incompatible
- more incompatible comparative
- most incompatible superlative
- incompatibles plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incompatible mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of two or more things: that cannot coexist; not congruous because of differences; unable to function together due to dissimilarities.
My phone is incompatible with the latest version of this app.
- 2
Incapable of being together without mutual reaction or decomposition, as certain medicines.
noun
- 1
An incompatible substance; one of a group of things that cannot be placed or used together because of a change of chemical composition or opposing medicinal qualities.
the incompatibles of iron
- 2
A consequent of a contrary.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Incompatible in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense impossible to coexist; irreconcilable:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | incompatible |
| German | inkompatibel, unvereinbar |
| Portuguese | incompatível |
| Spanish | incompatible, malavenido |
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 incompatible come from?
Borrowed from French incompatible.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).