incandescente
[ĩŋkãn̪d̪eˈsẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“incandescente” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #51,674 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,674
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,428
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 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.
Corpus desk
Index ES-incandescente · incandescente · Spanish
incandescente · rank #51,674 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,674
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,428
- PHOTO-FINISH improvisacion…
Nearest frequency peer: improvisaciones (-1 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “incandescente”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- implosión
implosión
48,330 corpus weight
- impresionis…
impresionista
48,329 corpus weight
- improvisaci…
improvisaciones
48,328 corpus weight
- incandescen…
incandescente
48,327 corpus weight
- incentivando
incentivando
48,325 corpus weight
- incitó
incitó
48,324 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “incandescente” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| 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) |
Cola larga: rango de “incandescente” en español
Rare enough to double-check
incandescente is uncommon Spanish at frequency #51,674 among 3,428 “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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