incitation

\ɛ̃.si.ta.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.si.ta.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“incitation” has 14 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #12,799. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#12,799
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Action d’inciter.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incitation · incitation · French

incitation · rank #12,799 · 14 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #12,799
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH incertain

Nearest frequency peer: incertain (-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 « incitation »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incitation » 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).

incitation vs invitation
90% similar
incitation vs indication
80% similar
incitation vs initiation
80% similar

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

Key facts for incitation
PropertyValue
Headwordincitation
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.si.ta.sjɔ̃\
Letters10
Frequency rank#12,799
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incitation »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).incitationse 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 « incertain » (#12,798), « investis » (#12,800), « impliquée » (#12,797). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incitation » est au #12,799. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around incitation (IPA \ɛ̃.si.ta.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #12,799 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Action d’inciter.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for incitation, with forms such as "icnitation", "inccitation", and "inciattion". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "invitation", "indication", "initiation", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is incitation, spelled I-N-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Action d’inciter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. En effet, la forte mobilité du personnel de la direction fonctionne aussi comme un puissant système d’incitation au légitimisme, c'est-à-dire à l'adhésion aux raisons et intérêts de l'institution budgétaire.
  2. Le but d’une taxe est de modifier les comportements. […]. Cette taxe est une pénalisation, non une incitation, puisque rien n’est prévu pour financer une solution de remplacement.

This word in other languages

incentive(English)aliciente(Español)Andrang(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnitation
  • inccitation
  • inciattion
  • incitaiton
  • incitatino
  • incitationn
  • incitatoin
  • incitattion
  • incittaion
  • incittation
  • inctiation
  • inictation
  • inncitation
  • nicitation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

icnitation2inccitation1inciattion2incitaiton2incitatino2incitationn1incitatoin2incitattion1
Edit distance from "incitation"

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 "incitation"?
"incitation" is spelled I-N-C-I-T-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.si.ta.sjɔ̃\.
What does "incitation" mean?
As a noun, "incitation" means: Action d’inciter.
What words are commonly confused with "incitation"?
"incitation" is commonly confused with "invitation", "indication", "initiation". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incitation"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incitation" is \ɛ̃.si.ta.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incitation" come from?
"incitation" 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 "incitation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

mammifères#12,808germanique#12,787mentionnée#12,812migrations#12,814

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

identités14 variantsorphelins14 variantsdébloquer14 variantsdiffamation14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list