incombe

\ɛ̃.kɔ̃b\

/\ɛ̃.kɔ̃b\/ verb

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The verdict

“incombe” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #19,867. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#19,867
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
2
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-incombe · incombe · French

incombe · rank #19,867 · 10 variants · 2 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #19,867
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH indiscutable

Nearest frequency peer: indiscutable (+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 « incombe »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incombe » 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).

incombe vs income
86% similar
incombe vs incombent
78% similar

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

Key facts for incombe
PropertyValue
Headwordincombe
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɛ̃.kɔ̃b\
Letters7
Frequency rank#19,867
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incombe »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.incombese 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 « indiscutable » (#19,868), « incarnée » (#19,865), « individualisme » (#19,869). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incombe » est au #19,867. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around incombe (IPA \ɛ̃.kɔ̃b\), averb. Corpus frequency is #19,867 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for incombe, with forms such as "icnombe", "inccombe", and "incmobe". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "income", "incombent", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 incombe, spelled I-N-C-O-M-B-E.

Definition

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

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Et tout reste à faire, — à penser — pour re-demander inlassablement, et sans arrière-pensée militante, « que faire ? », pour suspendre durablement toute réponse naïvement constructive, et pour faire ce qu’il faut : ici, tout de suite, moi-même qui, dénué de l’épaisseur d’une subjectivité transcendantale ou législatrice, ne suis que d’être requis par l’urg…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnombe
  • inccombe
  • incmobe
  • incobme
  • incombbe
  • incomeb
  • incommbe
  • inncombe
  • inocmbe
  • nicombe

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

icnombe2inccombe1incmobe2incobme2incombbe1incomeb2incommbe1inncombe1
Edit distance from "incombe"

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

injures#19,874hospice#19,858haïtien#19,853Halifax#19,851

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

habitez10 variantsgravier10 variantslocatif10 variantsessences10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list