incêndio
/ĩ.ˈsẽ.dju/
The verdict
“incêndio” is a regularly-used Portuguese word, ranked #2,730 in Portuguese word frequency and used as a noun.
- #2,730
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - fogo indesejado numa construção ou área de terra
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incêndio |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ĩ.ˈsẽ.dju/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #2,730 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “incêndio” sits in Portuguese frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Portuguese entry for incêndio is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ĩ.ˈsẽ.dju/. Corpus data places it at rank #2,730 in overall Portuguese word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "fogo indesejado numa construção ou área de terra".
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for incêndio, with forms such as "icnêndio", "inccêndio", and "incnêdio". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "incenso", "incentivo", "incendiar", 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 its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Portuguese form is incêndio, spelled I-N-C-Ê-N-D-I-O.
Definition
- 1fogo indesejado numa construção ou área de terra
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: icnêndio,inccêndio,incnêdio,incêdnio,incênddio,incêndoi,incênido,incênndio,inncêndio,inêcndio,nicêndio
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incêndio - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “incêndio”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-C-Ê-N-D-I-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ĩ.ˈsẽ.dju/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “incenso” - see the side-by-side comparison. incêndio vs incenso
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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.