incandescente
[ĩŋkãn̪d̪eˈsẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“incandescente” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,674 among 22,782 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,674
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 22,782
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Se dice del metal cuando adquiere un tono luminoso, rojizo o blanco, a causa de la acción del fuego o del calor muy intenso.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incandescente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ĩŋkãn̪d̪eˈsẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #51,674 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “incandescente” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
incandescente is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,674 among 22,782 “I” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed [ĩŋkãn̪d̪eˈsẽn̪t̪e]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Se dice del metal cuando adquiere un tono luminoso, rojizo o blanco, a causa de la acción del fuego o del calor muy intenso.".
No misspelling variants are generated for incandescente in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Spanish form is incandescente, spelled I-N-C-A-N-D-E-S-C-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Se dice del metal cuando adquiere un tono luminoso, rojizo o blanco, a causa de la acción del fuego o del calor muy intenso.
This word in other languages
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “incandescente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-C-A-N-D-E-S-C-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.