incrustation
/ɪnkɹʌsˈteɪʃən/
"incrustation" is a 12-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“incrustation” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 12
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
Corpus desk
Index EN-incrustation · incrustation · English
incrustation · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 12 letters
- VOW-5 5 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incrustation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɪnkɹʌsˈteɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 12 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “incrustation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
incrustation is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɪnkɹʌsˈteɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for incrustation, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin incrustātiō. The correct English form is incrustation, spelled I-N-C-R-U-S-T-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act of incrusting, or the state of being incrusted.
- 2A crust or hard coating of anything upon or within a body, as a deposit of lime, sediment, etc., from water on the inner surface of a steam boiler.
- 3A covering or inlaying of marble, mosaic, etc., attached to the masonry by cramp irons or cement.
- 4Anything inlaid or embedded.
- 5An accumulated characteristic of a person that disguises their true nature.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how incrustation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Her reception of her brother was most affectionate—there are times when the most artificial, by habit, become natural; when the early memories of the heart, for a short time at least, spring up as a fountain of living waters, overflowing the selfish vanities and conventional incrustations which the world has planted—giving honest smiles to the countenance…
Etymology
From Latin incrustātiō.
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.