incoordination

noun

"incoordination" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“incoordination” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
14
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Lack of coordination, especially in terms of muscle control.

Corpus desk

Index EN-incoordination · incoordination · English

incoordination · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 14 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for incoordination
PropertyValue
Headwordincoordination
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters14
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “incoordination” in English

incoordinationfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

incoordination is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Lack of coordination, especially in terms of muscle control.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for incoordination, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Etymologically, the entry records: From in- + coordination. The correct English form is incoordination, spelled I-N-C-O-O-R-D-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Lack of coordination, especially in terms of muscle control.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how incoordination appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Charcot later gave the classical picture of incoordination, tremor and nystagmus.

Etymology

From in- + coordination.

Antonyms

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incoordination"?
"incoordination" is spelled I-N-C-O-O-R-D-I-N-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "incoordination" mean?
As a noun, "incoordination" means: Lack of coordination, especially in terms of muscle control.
What is the origin of the word "incoordination"?
From in- + coordination. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list