incremental
adjective
incremental is spelled I-N-C-R-E-M-E-N-T-A-L: 11 letters and 4 syllables. It appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, incremental means “Pertaining to an increment” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in incremental?
| Letters | 11: I-N-C-R-E-M-E-N-T-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 2.4 times per million words; the 17,587th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is incremental?
Incremental appears 2.4 times per million words in written English, the 17,587th 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 incremental?
Incremental 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)-VCcortex-incremental.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of incremental
- more incremental comparative
- most incremental superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incremental mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Pertaining to an increment.
- 2
Occurring over a series of gradual increments, or small steps.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Incremental in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | inkremental , stufenweise, schrittweise, inkrementell, zunehmend, graduell |
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 incremental come from?
From increment + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).