incendio

/[ĩnˈsẽn̪d̪jo]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,421

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

7

similar word pairs

incendio is aSpanishnoun. It means: Acción o efecto de incendiar. Pronounced [ĩnˈsẽn̪d̪jo]. It ranks #3,421 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with ingenio and incendios.

Key facts for incendio
PropertyValue
Headwordincendio
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩnˈsẽn̪d̪jo]
Letters8
Frequency rank#3,421
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for incendio is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩnˈsẽn̪d̪jo]. Corpus data places it at rank #3,421 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 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for incendio, with forms such as "icnendio", "inccendio", and "incednio". 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 also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "ingenio", "incendios", "incentivo", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

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 incendio, spelled I-N-C-E-N-D-I-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Acción o efecto de incendiar.
  2. 2
    Agitación de ánimos, turbulencia , guerra, etc.
  3. 3
    Fuego de gran magnitud que destruye y causa estragos y muertes.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: icnendio,inccendio,incednio,incenddio,incendoi,incenido,incenndio,incnedio,inecndio,inncendio,insendio,nicendio

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for incendio

Misspelling Variants of "incendio"

icnendio8inccendio9incednio8incenddio9incendoi8incenido8incenndio9incnedio8
Misspelling Variants of "incendio"

Frequency rank: #3,421 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incendio"?
"incendio" is spelled I-N-C-E-N-D-I-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩnˈsẽn̪d̪jo].
What does "incendio" mean?
As a noun, "incendio" means: Acción o efecto de incendiar.
What words are commonly confused with "incendio"?
"incendio" is commonly confused with "ingenio", "incendios", "incentivo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incendio"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incendio" is [ĩnˈsẽn̪d̪jo]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incendio" come from?
"incendio" 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.