incompressible
"incompressible" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“incompressible” is uncommon English (frequency #77,795 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #77,795
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Not compressible.
Corpus desk
Index EN-incompressible · incompressible · English
incompressible · rank #77,795 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #77,795
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH incapacitation
Nearest frequency peer: incapacitation (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “incompressible”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- imitative
imitative
22,209 corpus weight
- imitator
imitator
22,208 corpus weight
- incapacitat…
incapacitation
22,207 corpus weight
- incompressi…
incompressible
22,206 corpus weight
- infiltrator
infiltrator
22,204 corpus weight
- ingroup
ingroup
22,203 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “incompressible” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incompressible |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #77,795 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “incompressible” in English
Rare enough to double-check
incompressible is uncommon English at frequency #77,795 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for incompressible, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French incompressible, from in- + compressible. The correct English form is incompressible, spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-R-E-S-S-I-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Not compressible.
- 2Having a divergence equal to zero.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how incompressible appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
As water [trapped in the cylinders] is incompressible, a momentary leap in [steam] pressure is liable to occur in starting; […].
Etymology
From French incompressible, from in- + compressible.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 14 letters (nearest by frequency rank).