incognito
\ɛ̃.kɔ.ɲi.to\
The verdict
“incognito” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #25,692 in French word frequency and used as an adjective.
- #25,692
- frequency rank, French
- 9
- letters
- 13
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Anonyme.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incognito |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kɔ.ɲi.to\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #25,692 |
| Misspellings tracked | 13 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “incognito” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for incognito is 9 letters long, classified as an adjective, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛ̃.kɔ.ɲi.to\. Corpus data places it at rank #25,692 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Anonyme.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for incognito, with forms such as "icnognito", "inccognito", and "incgonito". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is incognito, spelled I-N-C-O-G-N-I-T-O.
Definition
- 1Anonyme.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: icnognito,inccognito,incgonito,incoggnito,incoginto,incogniot,incognitto,incognnito,incogntio,incongito,inncognito,inocgnito,nicognito
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incognito - 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.
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.
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Using “incognito”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is I-N-C-O-G-N-I-T-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɛ̃.kɔ.ɲi.to\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.