incapacitar
[ĩŋkapasiˈt̪aɾ]
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
- imperiosame…
imperiosamente
1,462 corpus weight
- impongo
impongo
1,460 corpus weight
- impuntualid…
impuntualidad
1,459 corpus weight
- incapacitar
incapacitar
1,458 corpus weight
- incolora
incolora
1,457 corpus weight
- incuba
incuba
1,455 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “incapacitar” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incapacitar |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ĩŋkapasiˈt̪aɾ] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #98,543 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “incapacitar” en español
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
- 1Quitar a una persona su capacidad para realizar una acción o desempeñar una función
- 2en Derecho:
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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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