incompetency
/ɪnˈkɑm.pə.tən.si/noun
incompetency is spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-C-Y: 12 letters and 5 syllables. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, incompetency means “The condition of being incompetent” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of incompetency is incompetencies.
How many letters and syllables are in incompetency?
| Letters | 12: I-N-C-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-C-Y |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 78,613th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is incompetency?
Incompetency appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 78,613th 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 incompetency?
- UK /ɪnˈkɒm.pə.tən.si/
- US /ɪnˈkɑm.pə.tən.si/
Incompetency has 5 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).
What rhymes with incompetency?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as incompetency from its last stressed vowel (/ɑmpətənsi/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of incompetency
- incompetencies plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incompetency mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The condition of being incompetent.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).