incursion

\ɛ̃.kyʁ.sjɔ̃\

/\ɛ̃.kyʁ.sjɔ̃\/ noun

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The verdict

“incursion” has 13 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #25,009. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#25,009
frequency rank, French
3,561
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Brusque irruption de gens de guerre sur un territoire ennemi.

Corpus desk

Index FR-incursion · incursion · French

incursion · rank #25,009 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #25,009
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,561
  • PHOTO-FINISH ina

Nearest frequency peer: ina (-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 « incursion »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « incursion » 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).

incursion vs infusion
78% similar
incursion vs inversion
78% similar
incursion vs incursions
90% similar

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

Key facts for incursion
PropertyValue
Headwordincursion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛ̃.kyʁ.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#25,009
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « incursion »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.incursionse 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 « ina » (#25,008), « inefficacité » (#25,010), « improviste » (#25,007). Parmi 3,561 lemmes en « I », « incursion » est au #25,009. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around incursion (IPA \ɛ̃.kyʁ.sjɔ̃\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #25,009 among 3,561 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 6 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for incursion, with forms such as "icnursion", "inccursion", and "incrusion". 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 5 confusable-pair relationships, "infusion", "inversion", "incursions", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is incursion, spelled I-N-C-U-R-S-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Brusque irruption de gens de guerre sur un territoire ennemi.
  2. 2
    Course, voyage que l’on fait dans un pays par curiosité.
  3. 3
    Intervention dans un domaine qui n'est pas le sien.
  4. 4
    Occupation d'amateur, de dilettante.
  5. 5
    Apparition d’un personnage dans une série télévisée ou une bande dessinée différente de celle à laquelle il appartient.
  6. 6
    Pratique consistant, pour un artiste, à passer d’un genre ou d’un style de musique à un autre

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le nationalisme […] a partagé cette responsabilité avec le mouvement réformiste islamique antérieur, qui cherchait à revivifier l'islam, comme moyen de résister aux empiétements et aux incursions de la puissance et des idées européennes.
  2. Les attaques entre tribus proches devaient souvent se limiter à de simples incursions (répétées et parfois mutuelles) sur le territoire ennemi.

This word in other languages

incursion(English)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnursion
  • inccursion
  • incrusion
  • incurison
  • incurrsion
  • incursino
  • incursionn
  • incursoin
  • incurssion
  • incusrion
  • inncursion
  • inucrsion
  • nicursion

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

icnursion2inccursion1incrusion2incurison2incurrsion1incursino2incursionn1incursoin2
Edit distance from "incursion"

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 "incursion"?
"incursion" is spelled I-N-C-U-R-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛ̃.kyʁ.sjɔ̃\.
What does "incursion" mean?
As a noun, "incursion" means: Brusque irruption de gens de guerre sur un territoire ennemi.
What words are commonly confused with "incursion"?
"incursion" is commonly confused with "infusion", "inversion", "incursions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incursion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incursion" is \ɛ̃.kyʁ.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incursion" come from?
"incursion" 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 "incursion", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hérétique#25,003interesse#25,015intrépide#25,017haïtienne#24,996

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

magiciens13 variantsexhaustif13 variantsestivales13 variantsdésarmer13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list