incapaz

/[ĩŋkaˈpas]/ adj

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#5,971

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

incapaz is anSpanishadj. It means: Que no es capaz de hacer algo. Pronounced [ĩŋkaˈpas]. It ranks #5,971 in Spanish word frequency.

Key facts for incapaz
PropertyValue
Headwordincapaz
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ĩŋkaˈpas]
Letters7
Frequency rank#5,971
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of incapaz in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for incapaz is 7 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩŋkaˈpas]. Corpus data places it at rank #5,971 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for incapaz, with forms such as "icnapaz", "inacpaz", and "incaapz". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is incapaz, spelled I-N-C-A-P-A-Z, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que no es capaz de hacer algo.
  2. 2
    Que no está capacitado a efectos legales, como consecuencia de una minoría de edad, incapacidad o discapacidad física o psíquica, etc.
  3. 3
    Dicho de una persona, inútil o incompetente para llevar a cabo una tarea.

Antonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: icnapaz,inacpaz,incaapz,incapazz,incappaz,incapza,inccapaz,incpaaz,inncapaz,nicapaz

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for incapaz

Misspelling Variants of "incapaz"

icnapaz7inacpaz7incaapz7incapazz8incappaz8incapza7inccapaz8incpaaz7
Misspelling Variants of "incapaz"

Frequency rank: #5,971 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incapaz"?
"incapaz" is spelled I-N-C-A-P-A-Z. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩŋkaˈpas].
What does "incapaz" mean?
As an adj, "incapaz" means: Que no es capaz de hacer algo.
What are common misspellings of "incapaz"?
Common misspellings include "icnapaz", "inacpaz", "incaapz", "incapazz", "incappaz". The correct spelling is "incapaz".
How do you pronounce "incapaz"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incapaz" is [ĩŋkaˈpas]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incapaz" come from?
"incapaz" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.