incendiar

//ĩ.sẽ.ˈdjaɾ// verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,691

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

incendiar is aPortugueseverb. It means: pôr fogo a/em Pronounced /ĩ.sẽ.ˈdjaɾ/. Often confused with incêndio and incentivar.

Key facts for incendiar
PropertyValue
Headwordincendiar
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ĩ.sẽ.ˈdjaɾ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#23,691
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of incendiar in Portuguese word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for incendiar is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.sẽ.ˈdjaɾ/. Corpus data places it at rank #23,691 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for incendiar, with forms such as "icnendiar", "inccendiar", and "incedniar". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "incêndio", "incentivar", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Portuguese form is incendiar, spelled I-N-C-E-N-D-I-A-R, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    pôr fogo a/em
  2. 2
    fazer arder
  3. 3
    inflamar
  4. 4
    animar, por energia, fazer festa

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: icnendiar,inccendiar,incedniar,incendair,incenddiar,incendiarr,incendira,incenidar,incenndiar,incnediar,inecndiar,inncendiar,nicendiar

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for incendiar

Misspelling Variants of "incendiar"

icnendiar9inccendiar10incedniar9incendair9incenddiar10incendiarr10incendira9incenidar9
Misspelling Variants of "incendiar"

Frequency rank: #23,691 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incendiar"?
"incendiar" is spelled I-N-C-E-N-D-I-A-R. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.sẽ.ˈdjaɾ/.
What does "incendiar" mean?
As a verb, "incendiar" means: pôr fogo a/em
What words are commonly confused with "incendiar"?
"incendiar" is commonly confused with "incêndio", "incentivar". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incendiar"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incendiar" is /ĩ.sẽ.ˈdjaɾ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incendiar" come from?
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.