incidence

\ɛ̃.si.dɑ̃s\

/\ɛ̃.si.dɑ̃s\/ noun

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The verdict

“incidence” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,338. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,338
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rencontre d’une ligne ou d’une surface avec une autre ligne ou surface, la concurrence étant l’incidence spéciale ligne sur ligne.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incidence · incidence · French

incidence · rank #10,338 · 13 variants · 4 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,338
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH imposées

Nearest frequency peer: imposées (-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 « incidence »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incidence » 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).

incidence vs incident
78% similar
incidence vs incidents
78% similar
incidence vs indigence
78% similar

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

Key facts for incidence
PropertyValue
Headwordincidence
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.si.dɑ̃s\
Letters9
Frequency rank#10,338
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incidence »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.incidencese 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 « imposées » (#10,337), « insuffisance » (#10,339), « hydraulique » (#10,336). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incidence » est au #10,338. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around incidence (IPA \ɛ̃.si.dɑ̃s\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,338 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for incidence, with forms such as "icnidence", "inccidence", and "incdience". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "incident", "incidents", "indigence", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is incidence, spelled I-N-C-I-D-E-N-C-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rencontre d’une ligne ou d’une surface avec une autre ligne ou surface, la concurrence étant l’incidence spéciale ligne sur ligne.
  2. 2
    Rencontre des corps par les rayons lumineux. Le point de rencontre est appelé point d’incidence ; et l’on nomme angle d’incidence l’angle formé par le rayon incident avec la surface rencontrée.
  3. 3
    Nombre de nouveaux cas d’une maladie ou de malades sur une période donnée dans une population.
  4. 4
    Angle formé par la corde d’un aéronef et son vecteur vitesse.
  5. 5
    Conséquence.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Concrètement, cette élimination de la maladie du sommeil signifie que son incidence est passée sous le seuil fatidique de 1 cas pour 10 000 habitants dans les régions où elle continuait de sévir.
  2. Parmi les infections qu’ils provoquent, il faut citer à cause de leur grande incidence et de leur gravité la fièvre jaune, les méningo-encéphalites américaines, l’encéphalite japonaise B.

This word in other languages

incidence(English)incidencia(Español)Inzidenz(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnidence
  • inccidence
  • incdience
  • inciddence
  • incidecne
  • incidencce
  • incidenec
  • incidennce
  • incidnece
  • inciednce
  • inicdence
  • inncidence
  • nicidence

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

icnidence2inccidence1incdience2inciddence1incidecne2incidencce1incidenec2incidennce1
Edit distance from "incidence"

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 "incidence"?
"incidence" is spelled I-N-C-I-D-E-N-C-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.si.dɑ̃s\.
What does "incidence" mean?
As a noun, "incidence" means: Rencontre d’une ligne ou d’une surface avec une autre ligne ou surface, la concurrence étant l’incidence spéciale ligne sur ligne.
What words are commonly confused with "incidence"?
"incidence" is commonly confused with "incident", "incidents", "indigence". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incidence"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incidence" is \ɛ̃.si.dɑ̃s\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incidence" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

féminines#10,331localités#10,350explosifs#10,321entendait#10,318

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Dunkerque13 variantscouramment13 variantspossédant13 variantsproposait13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list