incriminar

/[ĩŋkɾimiˈnaɾ]/ verb

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#67,026

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

0

tracked variants

Confusables

0

similar word pairs

incriminar is aSpanishverb. It means: Señalar a alguien como responsable de cometer un crimen o un delito. Pronounced [ĩŋkɾimiˈnaɾ].

Key facts for incriminar
PropertyValue
Headwordincriminar
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩŋkɾimiˈnaɾ]
Letters10
Frequency rank#67,026
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for incriminar is 10 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩŋkɾimiˈnaɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #67,026 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.

No misspelling variants are generated for incriminar in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns.It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

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 incriminar, spelled I-N-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Señalar a alguien como responsable de cometer un crimen o un delito.
  2. 2
    Atribuir a alguien la responsabilidad de cometer un delito o falta grave.
  3. 3
    Exagerar o abultar un delito, culpa o defecto, presentándolo como crimen.

Frequency rank: #67,026 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incriminar"?
"incriminar" is spelled I-N-C-R-I-M-I-N-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩŋkɾimiˈnaɾ].
What does "incriminar" mean?
As a verb, "incriminar" means: Señalar a alguien como responsable de cometer un crimen o un delito.
How do you pronounce "incriminar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incriminar" is [ĩŋkɾimiˈnaɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incriminar" come from?
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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.