incapacité

\ɛ̃.ka.pa.si.te\

/\ɛ̃.ka.pa.si.te\/ noun

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The verdict

“incapacité” has 15 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #7,335. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#7,335
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
15
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - État de celui qui est incapable de quelque chose.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incapacite · incapacité · French

incapacité · rank #7,335 · 15 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #7,335
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 15 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impulsion

Nearest frequency peer: impulsion (-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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « incapacité »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « incapacité » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for incapacité
PropertyValue
Headwordincapacité
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.ka.pa.si.te\
Letters10
Frequency rank#7,335
Misspellings tracked15
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incapacité »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.incapacitése place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « impulsion » (#7,334), « industrielles » (#7,336), « implantation » (#7,333). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incapacité » est au #7,335. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 15 spelling variants around incapacité (IPA \ɛ̃.ka.pa.si.te\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #7,335 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for incapacité, with forms such as "icnapacité", "inacpacité", and "incaapcité". 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. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is incapacité, spelled I-N-C-A-P-A-C-I-T-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    État de celui qui est incapable de quelque chose.
  2. 2
    État d’une personne que la loi prive de certains droits.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how incapacité appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Leur incapacité à s’en prendre directement à l’État les a conduits à viser d’autres cibles, notamment la minorité chrétienne — et d’abord la communauté copte —, puis à « démolir le pharaon lui-même ».
  2. Il a laissé voir toute son incapacité.

Antonyms

capacité

This word in other languages

inability(English)incapacidad(Español)Unfähigkeit(Deutsch)incapacidade(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnapacité
  • inacpacité
  • incaapcité
  • incapaccité
  • incapacite
  • incapacitté
  • incapaciét
  • incapactié
  • incapaicté
  • incapcaité
  • incappacité
  • inccapacité
  • incpaacité
  • inncapacité
  • nicapacité

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incapacité - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

icnapacité2inacpacité2incaapcité2incapaccité1incapacite1incapacitté1incapaciét2incapactié2
Edit distance from "incapacité"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incapacité"?
"incapacité" is spelled I-N-C-A-P-A-C-I-T-É. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.ka.pa.si.te\.
What does "incapacité" mean?
As a noun, "incapacité" means: État de celui qui est incapable de quelque chose.
What are common misspellings of "incapacité"?
Common misspellings include "icnapacité", "inacpacité", "incaapcité", "incapaccité", "incapacite". The correct spelling is "incapacité".
How do you pronounce "incapacité"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incapacité" is \ɛ̃.ka.pa.si.te\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incapacité" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (15 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list