inceste

\ɛ̃.sɛst\

/\ɛ̃.sɛst\/ noun

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The verdict

“inceste” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #20,166. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#20,166
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
13
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Relation sexuelle illicite entre les personnes qui sont parentes ou alliées au degré prohibé par les lois civiles ou religieuses.

Corpus desk

Index FR-inceste · inceste · French

inceste · rank #20,166 · 10 variants · 13 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #20,166
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 13 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH impartialité

Nearest frequency peer: impartialité (-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 « inceste »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « inceste » 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).

inceste vs incite
71% similar
inceste vs inerte
71% similar
inceste vs invest
71% similar

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

Key facts for inceste
PropertyValue
Headwordinceste
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.sɛst\
Letters7
Frequency rank#20,166
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs13
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « inceste »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.incestese 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 « impartialité » (#20,165), « idéologies » (#20,164), « infernale » (#20,168). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « inceste » est au #20,166. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around inceste (IPA \ɛ̃.sɛst\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #20,166 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for inceste, with forms such as "icneste", "incceste", and "inceset". 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 13 confusable-pair relationships, "incite", "inerte", "invest", and more, 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 its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is inceste, spelled I-N-C-E-S-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Relation sexuelle illicite entre les personnes qui sont parentes ou alliées au degré prohibé par les lois civiles ou religieuses.
  2. 2
    Violence sexuelle et morale gravement déstructurante infligée à une personne, généralement un enfant, par un membre de sa famille plus âgé et détenant sur elle une forme d’autorité ou d’ascendant lui imposant le silence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le châtiment est déjà dans ton inceste, Dieu t’afflige de la stérilité du mulet !
  2. Il semble pourtant plus logique de mettre dans le même groupe des déviations de but la coprophilie, le sadisme et le frotteurisme, et dans le groupe des déviations d’objet l’homosexualité et l’inceste, comme le fait Clifford Allen.

Synonyms

crime généalogique

This word in other languages

incest(English)incesto(Español)Blutschande(Deutsch)incesto(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icneste
  • incceste
  • inceset
  • incesste
  • incestte
  • incetse
  • incsete
  • inecste
  • innceste
  • niceste

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of inceste - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

icneste2incceste1inceset2incesste1incestte1incetse2incsete2inecste2
Edit distance from "inceste"

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 "inceste"?
"inceste" is spelled I-N-C-E-S-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.sɛst\.
What does "inceste" mean?
As a noun, "inceste" means: Relation sexuelle illicite entre les personnes qui sont parentes ou alliées au degré prohibé par les lois civiles ou religieuses.
What words are commonly confused with "inceste"?
"inceste" is commonly confused with "incite", "inerte", "invest". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "inceste"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "inceste" is \ɛ̃.sɛst\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "inceste" come from?
"inceste" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

iceberg#20,163hurlant#20,159Hermann#20,157fétiche#20,149

Similar misspelling depth

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

limpide10 variantsflyers10 variantsflatteur10 variantsMichaël10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list