income

[ˈɪnˌkʌm]

/[ˈɪnˌkʌm]/ noun

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The verdict

“income” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #47,957. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#47,957
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Rente, revenu.

Corpus desk

Index FR-income · income · French

income · rank #47,957 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #47,957
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH inadéquate

Nearest frequency peer: inadéquate (-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 « income »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « income » 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).

income vs intime
67% similar
income vs infime
67% similar
income vs infâme
67% similar

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

Key facts for income
PropertyValue
Headwordincome
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈɪnˌkʌm]
Letters6
Frequency rank#47,957
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « income »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).incomese 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 « inadéquate » (#47,956), « incomparables » (#47,958), « inadmissibles » (#47,955). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « income » est au #47,957. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around income (IPA [ˈɪnˌkʌm]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #47,957 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for income, with forms such as "icnome", "inccome", and "incmoe". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "intime", "infime", "infâme", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No documented word history exists for this headword, 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 income, spelled I-N-C-O-M-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Rente, revenu.
  2. 2
    Produit, recette.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. About thirty years ago Miss Maria Ward ... had the good luck to captivate Sir Thomas Bertram ... and to be thereby raised to the rank of a baronet's lady, with all the comforts and consequences of an handsome house and large income. (Mansfield Park - Jane Austen)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnome
  • inccome
  • incmoe
  • incoem
  • incomme
  • inncome
  • inocme
  • nicome

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

icnome2inccome1incmoe2incoem2incomme1inncome1inocme2nicome2
Edit distance from "income"

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 "income"?
"income" is spelled I-N-C-O-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɪnˌkʌm].
What does "income" mean?
As a noun, "income" means: Rente, revenu.
What words are commonly confused with "income"?
"income" is commonly confused with "intime", "infime", "infâme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "income"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "income" is [ˈɪnˌkʌm]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "income" come from?
"income" 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 "income", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

ignare#47,949higher#47,937haltes#47,932Halley#47,931

Similar misspelling depth

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

jumelé8 variantsknown8 variantsLarissa8 variantslevais8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list