incapacitar
[ĩŋkapasiˈt̪aɾ]
The verdict
“incapacitar” is an uncommon Spanish word, ranked #98,543 in Spanish word frequency and used as a verb.
- #98,543
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Quitar a una persona su capacidad para realizar una acción o desempeñar una función
| 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) |
Where “incapacitar” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for incapacitar is 11 letters long, classified as a verb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩŋkapasiˈt̪aɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #98,543 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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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Using “incapacitar”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-C-A-P-A-C-I-T-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩŋkapasiˈt̪aɾ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.