incompetente
[ĩŋkõmpeˈt̪ẽn̪t̪e]
The verdict
“incompetente” is a moderately-common Spanish word, ranked #18,569 in Spanish word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #18,569
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 12
- letters
- 18
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que no sabe hacer su trabajo o las cosas conforme a la norma.
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 | incompetente |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [ĩŋkõmpeˈt̪ẽn̪t̪e] |
| Letters | 12 |
| Frequency rank | #18,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 18 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “incompetente” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for incompetente is 12 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩŋkõmpeˈt̪ẽn̪t̪e]. Corpus data places it at rank #18,569 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Que no sabe hacer su trabajo o las cosas conforme a la norma.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 18 likely wrong-spelling variants for incompetente, with forms such as "icnompetente", "inccompetente", and "incmopetente". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "incompetentes", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is incompetente, spelled I-N-C-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1Que no sabe hacer su trabajo o las cosas conforme a la norma.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: icnompetente,inccompetente,incmopetente,incomeptente,incommpetente,incompeetnte,incompetenet,incompetennte,incompetentte,incompetetne,incompetnete,incompettente,incomppetente,incompteente,incopmetente,inncompetente,inocmpetente,nicompetente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incompetente - 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.
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Using “incompetente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is I-N-C-O-M-P-E-T-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ĩŋkõmpeˈt̪ẽn̪t̪e] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “incompetentes” - see the side-by-side comparison. incompetente vs incompetentes
- 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.