incremental
"incremental" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“incremental” has 17 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #17,639. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #17,639
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
- 17
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pertaining to an increment.
Corpus desk
Index EN-incremental · incremental · English
incremental · rank #17,639 · 17 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #17,639
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 17 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH imprint
Nearest frequency peer: imprint (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “incremental”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
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82,366 corpus weight
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impartial
82,365 corpus weight
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imperialism
82,364 corpus weight
- imprint
imprint
82,363 corpus weight
- incremental
incremental
82,362 corpus weight
- infancy
infancy
82,360 corpus weight
What this shows “incremental” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incremental |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #17,639 |
| Misspellings tracked | 17 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “incremental”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 17 spelling variants around incremental, anadjective. Corpus frequency is #17,639 among 2,140 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 17 likely wrong-spelling variants for incremental, with forms such as "icnremental", "inccremental", and "incermental". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "incrementally", "increment", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From increment + -al. The correct English form is incremental, spelled I-N-C-R-E-M-E-N-T-A-L.
Definition
- 1Pertaining to an increment.
- 2Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incremental appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The replies to questions indicate that the technology provided noncontractually is generally more routine and incremental than that protected by contracts.
We perform a full backup on Sunday, including the file foo.dat. On Wednesday, having modified foo.dat, it is stored on an incremental backup.
Etymology
From increment + -al.
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- icnremental
- inccremental
- incermental
- increemntal
- incremenatl
- incremenntal
- incrementall
- incrementla
- incrementtal
- incremetnal
- incremmental
- incremnetal
- incrmeental
- incrremental
- inncremental
- inrcemental
- nicremental
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incremental - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "incremental", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (17 here; floor ≥5).