incarnation

\ɛ̃.kaʁ.na.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.kaʁ.na.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“incarnation” has 16 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,985. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,985
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action de s’incarner aux yeux des humains, pour un esprit, une déité, un dieu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incarnation · incarnation · French

incarnation · rank #12,985 · 16 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,985
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inattendue

Nearest frequency peer: inattendue (-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 « incarnation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incarnation » 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

incarnation vs inclination
82% similar
incarnation vs incantation
82% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for incarnation
PropertyValue
Headwordincarnation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.kaʁ.na.sjɔ̃\
Letters11
Frequency rank#12,985
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incarnation »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).incarnationse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « inattendue » (#12,984), « inspirant » (#12,986), « impatient » (#12,983). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incarnation » est au #12,985. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around incarnation (IPA \ɛ̃.kaʁ.na.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,985 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for incarnation, with forms such as "icnarnation", "inacrnation", and "incanration". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "inclination", "incantation", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is incarnation, spelled I-N-C-A-R-N-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action de s’incarner aux yeux des humains, pour un esprit, une déité, un dieu.
  2. 2
    Action par laquelle Dieu s’est fait homme, en restant dieu, dans la personne de Jésus-Christ.
  3. 3
    Avatar.
  4. 4
    Représentation concrète d’une idée ou d’une chose abstraite.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le prêtre jain nous la désigna comme étant celle du dieu ; les autres étaient les différentes formes qu’il avait revêtues, à diverses époques, dans les incarnations qu’il avait prises pour éclairer les hommes.
  2. Mon hitlérien de province cherche le terme qui exprimerait sa pensée. Soit qu’il ne le trouve pas, soit qu’il n'ose dire une parole trop grandiose, il se tait. J’en ai l’impression très nette : en le poussant un peu on lui ferait avouer qu’il voit dans Hitler une nouvelle incarnation du Christ.

This word in other languages

embodiment(English)Inbegriff(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnarnation
  • inacrnation
  • incanration
  • incarantion
  • incarnaiton
  • incarnatino
  • incarnationn
  • incarnatoin
  • incarnattion
  • incarnnation
  • incarntaion
  • incarrnation
  • inccarnation
  • incranation
  • inncarnation
  • nicarnation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incarnation - 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.

icnarnation2inacrnation2incanration2incarantion2incarnaiton2incarnatino2incarnationn1incarnatoin2
Edit distance from "incarnation"

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 "incarnation"?
"incarnation" is spelled I-N-C-A-R-N-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kaʁ.na.sjɔ̃\.
What does "incarnation" mean?
As a noun, "incarnation" means: Action de s’incarner aux yeux des humains, pour un esprit, une déité, un dieu.
What words are commonly confused with "incarnation"?
"incarnation" is commonly confused with "inclination", "incantation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incarnation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incarnation" is \ɛ̃.kaʁ.na.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incarnation" come from?
"incarnation" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

insuffisante16 variantshostilités16 variantslabyrinthe16 variantsfonctionnelle16 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list