incarne

\ɛ̃.kaʁn\

/\ɛ̃.kaʁn\/ verb

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The verdict

“incarne” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #8,254. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#8,254
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
6
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de incarner.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incarne · incarne · French

incarne · rank #8,254 · 10 variants · 6 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #8,254
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH immunité

Nearest frequency peer: immunité (-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 « incarne »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incarne » 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).

incarne vs incline
71% similar
incarne vs interné
57% similar
incarne vs incarner
88% similar

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

Key facts for incarne
PropertyValue
Headwordincarne
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.kaʁn\
Letters7
Frequency rank#8,254
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs6
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incarne »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).incarnese 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 « immunité » (#8,253), « ingrédients » (#8,255), « hill » (#8,252). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incarne » est au #8,254. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around incarne (IPA \ɛ̃.kaʁn\), averb. Corpus frequency is #8,254 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for incarne, with forms such as "icnarne", "inacrne", and "incanre". 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 6 confusable-pair relationships, "incline", "interné", "incarner", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is incarne, spelled I-N-C-A-R-N-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de incarner.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de incarner.
  3. 3
    Première personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de incarner.
  4. 4
    Troisième personne du singulier du présent du subjonctif de incarner.
  5. 5
    Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de incarner.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Emilia Schüle incarne Marie-Antoinette dans la série de Canal+.
  2. Si une société s’incarne dans des constructions, changer la société implique de la « désarchitecturer ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnarne
  • inacrne
  • incanre
  • incaren
  • incarnne
  • incarrne
  • inccarne
  • incrane
  • inncarne
  • nicarne

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

icnarne2inacrne2incanre2incaren2incarnne1incarrne1inccarne1incrane2
Edit distance from "incarne"

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 "incarne"?
"incarne" is spelled I-N-C-A-R-N-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kaʁn\.
What does "incarne" mean?
As a verb, "incarne" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de incarner.
What words are commonly confused with "incarne"?
"incarne" is commonly confused with "incline", "interné", "incarner". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incarne"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incarne" is \ɛ̃.kaʁn\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incarne" come from?
"incarne" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

laissée#8,261légales#8,265explose#8,240entrain#8,238

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

immunité10 variantsfossiles10 variantsduchesse10 variantsdixième10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list