incarner

\ɛ̃.kaʁ.ne\

/\ɛ̃.kaʁ.ne\/ verb

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The verdict

“incarner” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #14,057. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#14,057
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Donner une existence concrète à une valeur abstraite.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incarner · incarner · French

incarner · rank #14,057 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #14,057
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impossibles

Nearest frequency peer: impossibles (-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 « incarner »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incarner » 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).

incarner vs incliner
75% similar
incarner vs interner
75% similar
incarner vs incarne
88% similar

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

Key facts for incarner
PropertyValue
Headwordincarner
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.kaʁ.ne\
Letters8
Frequency rank#14,057
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incarner »

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

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « impossibles » (#14,056), « incertaine » (#14,058), « illégaux » (#14,055). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incarner » est au #14,057. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around incarner (IPA \ɛ̃.kaʁ.ne\), averb. Corpus frequency is #14,057 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for incarner, with forms such as "icnarner", "inacrner", and "incanrer". 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. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "incliner", "interner", "incarne", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct French form is incarner, spelled I-N-C-A-R-N-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Donner une existence concrète à une valeur abstraite.
  2. 2
    Représenter un personnage comme s’il était réel, au théâtre ou au cinéma.
  3. 3
    Prendre un corps de chair, la forme humaine, en parlant de la divinité.
  4. 4
    Être représenté par une entité physique ou un concept matériel.
  5. 5
    Rentrer dans la chair.
  6. 6
    Représenter, rendre compte de.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le nazisme et le stalinisme, qui ravagèrent le monde au milieu du XXᵉ siècle, incarnèrent le mal absolu.
  2. La plupart des œuvres incarnent ou reprennent, sous-couvert de la parodie, une doctrine philosophique, par le biais du quotidien, par l’illustration de faits divers.

This word in other languages

incarnate(English)encarnar(Español)verkörpern(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnarner
  • inacrner
  • incanrer
  • incarenr
  • incarnerr
  • incarnner
  • incarnre
  • incarrner
  • inccarner
  • incraner
  • inncarner
  • nicarner

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

icnarner2inacrner2incanrer2incarenr2incarnerr1incarnner1incarnre2incarrner1
Edit distance from "incarner"

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 "incarner"?
"incarner" is spelled I-N-C-A-R-N-E-R. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kaʁ.ne\.
What does "incarner" mean?
As a verb, "incarner" means: Donner une existence concrète à une valeur abstraite.
What words are commonly confused with "incarner"?
"incarner" is commonly confused with "incliner", "interner", "incarne". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incarner"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incarner" is \ɛ̃.kaʁ.ne\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incarner" come from?
"incarner" 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 "incarner", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

illégaux#14,055indirect#14,059Jordanie#14,071joueuses#14,072

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

judicieux12 variantslicencié12 variantsexpulser12 variantsminiature12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list