incienso

/[ĩnˈsjẽnso]/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#24,529

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

incienso is aSpanishnoun. It means: Preparación de resinas aromáticas vegetales, a las que a menudo se añaden aceites esenciales de origen animal o vegetal, de forma que al arder desprenda un humo fragante con fines religiosos, terap... Pronounced [ĩnˈsjẽnso]. Often confused with inciso and intenso.

Key facts for incienso
PropertyValue
Headwordincienso
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ĩnˈsjẽnso]
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,529
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for incienso is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩnˈsjẽnso]. Corpus data places it at rank #24,529 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.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 incienso, with forms such as "icnienso", "inccienso", and "inceinso". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "inciso", "intenso", "inmenso", 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 incienso, spelled I-N-C-I-E-N-S-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Preparación de resinas aromáticas vegetales, a las que a menudo se añaden aceites esenciales de origen animal o vegetal, de forma que al arder desprenda un humo fragante con fines religiosos, terapéuticos o estéticos.
  2. 2
    Tipo de gomorresina de color amarillo blancuzco o rojizo, proveniente de árboles asiáticos y africanos, que despide buen olor al arder y se empleó tradicionalmente en ceremonias religiosas.
  3. 3
    Dicho para adular, alabar, halagar, lisonjear o congraciarse, que se considera poco sincero.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: icnienso,inccienso,inceinso,inciennso,incienos,inciensso,inciesno,incineso,inicenso,inncienso,insienso,nicienso

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for incienso

Misspelling Variants of "incienso"

icnienso8inccienso9inceinso8inciennso9incienos8inciensso9inciesno8incineso8
Misspelling Variants of "incienso"

Frequency rank: #24,529 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incienso"?
"incienso" is spelled I-N-C-I-E-N-S-O. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩnˈsjẽnso].
What does "incienso" mean?
As a noun, "incienso" means: Preparación de resinas aromáticas vegetales, a las que a menudo se añaden aceites esenciales de origen animal o vegetal, de forma que al arder desprenda un humo fragante con fines religiosos, terap...
What words are commonly confused with "incienso"?
"incienso" is commonly confused with "inciso", "intenso", "inmenso". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incienso"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incienso" is [ĩnˈsjẽnso]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incienso" come from?
"incienso" 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.