incomber
\ɛ̃.kɔ̃.be\
The verdict
“incomber” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Être imposé à quelqu’un, en parlant d’une charge, d’un devoir, d’une responsabilité qui retombe sur lui.
Corpus desk
Index FR-incomber · incomber · French
incomber · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incomber |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.be\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « incomber » en français
Rare enough to double-check
incomber is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ɛ̃.kɔ̃.be\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
incomber has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 incomber, spelled I-N-C-O-M-B-E-R.
Definition
- 1Être imposé à quelqu’un, en parlant d’une charge, d’un devoir, d’une responsabilité qui retombe sur lui.
- 2Faire porter la responsabilité de (quelque chose).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how incomber appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le cabotinage était poussé par Murat jusqu'au grotesque, et les historiens n’ont pas assez remarqué quelle responsabilité incombe à Napoléon dans cette dégénérescence du véritable esprit guerrier.
Les villes de l’intérieur n’étaient protégées que par des murailles en pisé flanquées de tours et de bastions dont l’entretien incombait, en principe, aux habous mais qui tombaient généralement en ruines.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.