incredible
/ɪŋˈkɹɛdəbəl/adjective
incredible is spelled I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E. The wrong spelling people search most is incredable: about 110 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 36 of all searches for the word. Incredible is an adjective meaning “Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief”.
How many letters and syllables are in incredible?
| Letters | 10: I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 43 times per million words; the 2,339th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 4; the most searched, incredable, about 110 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
| 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); 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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How do you spell incredible?
Incredible is spelled I-N-C-R-E-D-I-B-L-E. 4 wrong spellings are searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 18 of the searches for incredible 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 incredible?
Incredible appears 43 times per million words in written English, the 2,339th 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 incredible?
- UK /ɪŋˈkɹɛdɪbəl/
- US /ɪŋˈkɹɛdəbəl/
- US [ɪ̈ŋˈkɹ̥ʷɛɾəbəɫ]
Incredible has 4 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-incredible.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-incredible.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Wodencafe-incredible.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with incredible?
2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as incredible from its last stressed vowel (/ɛdəbəl/):
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 incredible
- more incredible comparative
- most incredible superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incredible mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Too implausible to be credible; beyond belief.
I get lost in what is credible and not credible. This whole thing gets so incredible when you consider wiping out whole nations, it is difficult to establish credibility.
- 2
Amazing; astonishing; awe-inspiring.
He was so wrapped up in watching the incredible special effects that he couldn't keep track of the story.
- 3
Marvellous; profoundly affecting; wonderful; excellent.
I had such an incredible slice of pizza last night that I simply can't think about anything else.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Incredible in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | incroyable , incrédible |
| German | unglaubhaft, unglaublich , erstaunlich, verblüffend, verwunderlich , fabelhaft |
| Portuguese | inacreditável, incredível , incrível |
| Spanish | increíble , de la puta hostia , maravilloso |
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 incredible come from?
From Middle English incredible, from Latin incrēdibilis (“that cannot be believed”), from in- (“not”) + crēdibilis (“worthy of belief”), from crēdō (“believe”), equivalent to in- + credible.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).