incesto
[ĩnˈsest̪o]
The verdict
“incesto” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #23,451 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #23,451
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 7
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 13
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Relación sexual o conyugal entre parientes cercanos, a quienes tales relaciones les están vedadas convencionalmente en la cultura occidental.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incesto |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ĩnˈsest̪o] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #23,451 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 13 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “incesto” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for incesto is 7 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩnˈsest̪o]. Corpus data places it at rank #23,451 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Relación sexual o conyugal entre parientes cercanos, a quienes tales relaciones les están vedadas convencionalmente en la cultura occidental.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for incesto, with forms such as "icnesto", "inccesto", and "incesot". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 13 confusable-pair relationships, "inciso", "inepto", "intento", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is incesto, spelled I-N-C-E-S-T-O.
Definition
- 1Relación sexual o conyugal entre parientes cercanos, a quienes tales relaciones les están vedadas convencionalmente en la cultura occidental.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: icnesto,inccesto,incesot,incessto,incestto,incetso,incseto,inecsto,inncesto,insesto,nicesto
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incesto - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “incesto”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-C-E-S-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩnˈsest̪o] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “inciso” - see the side-by-side comparison. incesto vs inciso
- 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.