incurrir

/[ĩŋkuˈriɾ]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#26,890

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

incurrir is aSpanishverb. It means: Cometer una acción merecedora de castigo o corrección. Pronounced [ĩŋkuˈriɾ]. Often confused with incurre and incurrido.

Key facts for incurrir
PropertyValue
Headwordincurrir
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ĩŋkuˈriɾ]
Letters8
Frequency rank#26,890
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for incurrir is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ĩŋkuˈriɾ]. Corpus data places it at rank #26,890 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 10 documented wrong-spelling variants for incurrir, with forms such as "icnurrir", "inccurrir", and "incrurir". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "incurre", "incurrido", 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 incurrir, spelled I-N-C-U-R-R-I-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cometer una acción merecedora de castigo o corrección.
  2. 2
    Atraerse o causar algo desfavorable, como el odio, la ira, el desprecio, etc.
  3. 3
    Hacer una persona una cosa que provoca o por la que merece el castigo, la ira o el desprecio de otra.
  4. 4
    Entrometerse en un asunto.
  5. 5
    Cometer una persona una falta sancionada por un texto legal.

Synonyms

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: icnurrir,inccurrir,incrurir,incurir,incurirr,incurrirr,incurrri,inncurrir,inucrrir,nicurrir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for incurrir

Misspelling Variants of "incurrir"

icnurrir8inccurrir9incrurir8incurir7incurirr8incurrirr9incurrri8inncurrir9
Misspelling Variants of "incurrir"

Frequency rank: #26,890 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incurrir"?
"incurrir" is spelled I-N-C-U-R-R-I-R. The IPA pronunciation is [ĩŋkuˈriɾ].
What does "incurrir" mean?
As a verb, "incurrir" means: Cometer una acción merecedora de castigo o corrección.
What words are commonly confused with "incurrir"?
"incurrir" is commonly confused with "incurre", "incurrido". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incurrir"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incurrir" is [ĩŋkuˈriɾ]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incurrir" come from?
"incurrir" 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.