incapacitar

[ĩŋkapasiˈt̪aɾ]

/[ĩŋkapasiˈt̪aɾ]/ verb

The verdict

“incapacitar” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #98,543 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#98,543
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Quitar a una persona su capacidad para realizar una acción o desempeñar una función

Corpus desk

Index ES-incapacitar · incapacitar · Spanish

incapacitar · rank #98,543 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #98,543
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH impuntualidad

Nearest frequency peer: impuntualidad (-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 “incapacitar”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “incapacitar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for incapacitar
PropertyValue
Headwordincapacitar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩŋkapasiˈt̪aɾ]
Letters11
Frequency rank#98,543
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “incapacitar” en español

De izquierda a derecha: las pocas palabras que cargan el habla diaria, luego la cola larga casi invisible.incapacitarcae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “impuntualidad” (#98,542), “incolora” (#98,544), “impongo” (#98,541). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “incapacitar” va en #98,543. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

incapacitar is uncommon Spanish at frequency #98,543 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩŋkapasiˈt̪aɾ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for incapacitar, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is incapacitar, spelled I-N-C-A-P-A-C-I-T-A-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Quitar a una persona su capacidad para realizar una acción o desempeñar una función
  2. 2
    en Derecho:

Synonyms

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incapacitar"?
"incapacitar" is spelled I-N-C-A-P-A-C-I-T-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩŋkapasiˈt̪aɾ].
What does "incapacitar" mean?
As a verb, "incapacitar" means: Quitar a una persona su capacidad para realizar una acción o desempeñar una función
How do you pronounce "incapacitar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incapacitar" is [ĩŋkapasiˈt̪aɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incapacitar" come from?
"incapacitar" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "incapacitar", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list