incite

\ɛ̃.sit\

/\ɛ̃.sit\/ verb

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The verdict

“incite” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #10,178. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,178
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-incite · incite · French

incite · rank #10,178 · 8 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,178
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH incendies

Nearest frequency peer: incendies (-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 « incite »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incite » 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).

incite vs Indie
50% similar
incite vs inuit
67% similar
incite vs invite
83% similar

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

Key facts for incite
PropertyValue
Headwordincite
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.sit\
Letters6
Frequency rank#10,178
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incite »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.incitese 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 « incendies » (#10,177), « isolée » (#10,179), « Ivan » (#10,180). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incite » est au #10,178. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around incite (IPA \ɛ̃.sit\), averb. Corpus frequency is #10,178 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for incite, with forms such as "icnite", "inccite", and "inciet". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Indie", "inuit", "invite", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, 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 incite, spelled I-N-C-I-T-E.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Elle incite à coronarographier et si possible à opérer tout patient atteint d’angor instable avec lésions tritronculaires, indépendamment de l’état fonctionnel.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnite
  • inccite
  • inciet
  • incitte
  • inctie
  • inicte
  • inncite
  • nicite

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

icnite2inccite1inciet2incitte1inctie2inicte2inncite1nicite2
Edit distance from "incite"

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 "incite"?
"incite" is spelled I-N-C-I-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.sit\.
What does "incite" mean?
As a verb, "incite" means: Première personne du singulier du présent de l’indicatif de inciter.
What words are commonly confused with "incite"?
"incite" is commonly confused with "Indie", "inuit", "invite". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incite"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incite" is \ɛ̃.sit\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incite" come from?
"incite" 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 "incite", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

isolée#10,179lapins#10,185grange#10,169Merkel#10,193

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

poivre8 variantsclips8 variantsblogs8 variantsarrêtes8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list