incandescente
/ĩ.kɐ̃.dɨʃ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/
The verdict
“incandescente” has 20 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #46,378. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #46,378
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,526
- “I” headwords
- 20
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - posto em brasa
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incandescente |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ĩ.kɐ̃.dɨʃ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #46,378 |
| Misspellings tracked | 20 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “incandescente” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 20 spelling variants around incandescente (IPA /ĩ.kɐ̃.dɨʃ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #46,378 among 1,526 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for incandescente, with forms such as "icnandescente", "inacndescente", and "incadnescente". 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 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 borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct Portuguese form is incandescente, spelled I-N-C-A-N-D-E-S-C-E-N-T-E.
Definition
- 1posto em brasa
- 2ardente
- 3exaltado
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- icnandescente
- inacndescente
- incadnescente
- incanddescente
- incandecsente
- incandesccente
- incandescenet
- incandescennte
- incandescentte
- incandescetne
- incandescnete
- incandesecnte
- incandesscente
- incandsecente
- incanedscente
- incanndescente
- inccandescente
- incnadescente
- inncandescente
- nicandescente
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incandescente - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “incandescente”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-C-A-N-D-E-S-C-E-N-T-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ĩ.kɐ̃.dɨʃ.ˈsẽ.tɨ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.