incentivo

/[ĩnsẽn̪ˈt̪iβ̞o]/ adj

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#13,717

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

15

tracked variants

Confusables

6

similar word pairs

incentivo is anSpanishadj. It means: Que incita, que motiva, el deseo o a la acción. Pronounced [ĩnsẽn̪ˈt̪iβ̞o]. Often confused with intensivo and inventiva.

Key facts for incentivo
PropertyValue
Headwordincentivo
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechAdj
IPA[ĩnsẽn̪ˈt̪iβ̞o]
Letters9
Frequency rank#13,717
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for incentivo is 9 letters long, classified as anadj, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩnsẽn̪ˈt̪iβ̞o]. Corpus data places it at rank #13,717 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que incita, que motiva, el deseo o a la acción.".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 15 documented wrong-spelling variants for incentivo, with forms such as "icnentivo", "inccentivo", and "incenitvo". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "intensivo", "inventiva", "incentivos", 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 incentivo, spelled I-N-C-E-N-T-I-V-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Que incita, que motiva, el deseo o a la acción.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: icnentivo,inccentivo,incenitvo,incenntivo,incentibo,incentiov,incentivvo,incenttivo,incentvio,incetnivo,incnetivo,inecntivo,inncentivo,insentivo,nicentivo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for incentivo

Misspelling Variants of "incentivo"

icnentivo9inccentivo10incenitvo9incenntivo10incentibo9incentiov9incentivvo10incenttivo10
Misspelling Variants of "incentivo"

Frequency rank: #13,717 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incentivo"?
"incentivo" is spelled I-N-C-E-N-T-I-V-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩnsẽn̪ˈt̪iβ̞o].
What does "incentivo" mean?
As an adj, "incentivo" means: Que incita, que motiva, el deseo o a la acción.
What words are commonly confused with "incentivo"?
"incentivo" is commonly confused with "intensivo", "inventiva", "incentivos". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incentivo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incentivo" is [ĩnsẽn̪ˈt̪iβ̞o]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incentivo" come from?
"incentivo" 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.