incompetencia
[ĩŋkõmpeˈt̪ẽnsja]
The verdict
“incompetencia” has 20 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #15,124. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #15,124
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 22,782
- “I” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Falta de competencia o jurisdicción.
Corpus desk
Index ES-incompetencia · incompetencia · Spanish
incompetencia · rank #15,124 · 20 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-MID #15,124
- LEN-MEGA 13 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-HIGH 20 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 22,782
- PHOTO-FINISH inaugurado
Nearest frequency peer: inaugurado (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “incompetencia”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- impulsada
impulsada
84,880 corpus weight
- imán
imán
84,879 corpus weight
- inaugurado
inaugurado
84,878 corpus weight
- incompetenc…
incompetencia
84,877 corpus weight
- injustamente
injustamente
84,876 corpus weight
- innovadores
innovadores
84,875 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “incompetencia” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incompetencia |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ĩŋkõmpeˈt̪ẽnsja] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #15,124 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “incompetencia” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around incompetencia (IPA [ĩŋkõmpeˈt̪ẽnsja]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #15,124 among 22,782 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Falta de competencia o jurisdicción.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for incompetencia, with forms such as "icnompetencia", "inccompetencia", and "incmopetencia". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Spanish form is incompetencia, spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1Falta de competencia o jurisdicción.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- icnompetencia
- inccompetencia
- incmopetencia
- incomeptencia
- incommpetencia
- incompeetncia
- incompetecnia
- incompetencai
- incompetenccia
- incompetenica
- incompetenncia
- incompetensia
- incompetnecia
- incompettencia
- incomppetencia
- incompteencia
- incopmetencia
- inncompetencia
- inocmpetencia
- nicompetencia
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incompetencia - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "incompetencia", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).
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.