inculcan

[ĩŋˈkulkãn]

/[ĩŋˈkulkãn]/ verb

The verdict

“inculcan” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #81,073 among 3,428 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#81,073
frequency rank, Spanish
3,428
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de inculcar o de inculcarse.

Corpus desk

Index ES-inculcan · inculcan · Spanish

inculcan · rank #81,073 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #81,073
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,428
  • PHOTO-FINISH inconformidad…

Nearest frequency peer: inconformidades (-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.

Rangos de cola larga cerca de “inculcan”

Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “inculcan” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for inculcan
PropertyValue
Headwordinculcan
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩŋˈkulkãn]
Letters8
Frequency rank#81,073
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cola larga: rango de “inculcan” en español

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).inculcancae en esta cola de rareza:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

La escala es logarítmica (cada marca ≈ 10× más rara). Vecinos raros de la misma franja: “inconformidades” (#81,072), “indeseado” (#81,074), “incomodos” (#81,071). Entre 3,428 lemas con “I”, “inculcan” va en #81,073. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

inculcan is uncommon Spanish at frequency #81,073 among 3,428 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [ĩŋˈkulkãn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de inculcar o de inculcarse.".

No misspelling variants are generated for inculcan in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is inculcan, spelled I-N-C-U-L-C-A-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de inculcar o de inculcarse.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "inculcan"?
"inculcan" is spelled I-N-C-U-L-C-A-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩŋˈkulkãn].
What does "inculcan" mean?
As a verb, "inculcan" means: Tercera persona del plural (ellos, ellas; ustedes, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de inculcar o de inculcarse.
How do you pronounce "inculcan"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inculcan" is [ĩŋˈkulkãn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inculcan" come from?
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "inculcan", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list