incitent

\ɛ̃.sit\

/\ɛ̃.sit\/ verb

The verdict

“incitent” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,633. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,633
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
12
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-incitent · incitent · French

incitent · rank #24,633 · 12 variants · 12 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,633
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 12 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH incorporation

Nearest frequency peer: incorporation (+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 « incitent »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incitent » 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).

incitent vs inciter
75% similar
incitent vs incités
63% similar
incitent vs incluent
75% similar

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

Key facts for incitent
PropertyValue
Headwordincitent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.sit\
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,633
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs12
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incitent »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).incitentse 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 « incorporation » (#24,634), « imposables » (#24,631), « ingestion » (#24,635). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incitent » est au #24,633. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around incitent (IPA \ɛ̃.sit\), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,633 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for incitent, with forms such as "icnitent", "inccitent", and "incietnt". 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 12 confusable-pair relationships, "inciter", "incités", "incluent", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is incitent, spelled I-N-C-I-T-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de inciter.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de inciter.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Enfin, pour contrer le stress, l’état de malaise psychique ou les émotions négatives qui font que l’on en a parfois « plein le dos », des experts comme le Pʳ Michel Lejoyeux, psychiatre et addictologue, auteur des 4 saisons de la bonne humeur (Le Livre de Poche, 2018), incitent à remplir notre vie « d’expériences positives et stimulantes ».

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnitent
  • inccitent
  • incietnt
  • incitennt
  • incitentt
  • incitetn
  • incitnet
  • incittent
  • inctient
  • inictent
  • inncitent
  • nicitent

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

icnitent2inccitent1incietnt2incitennt1incitentt1incitetn2incitnet2incittent1
Edit distance from "incitent"

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

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list