incesto

noun

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#21,780

in Portuguese word usage

Misspellings

10

tracked variants

Confusables

5

similar word pairs

incesto is aPortuguesenoun. It means: união ilícita entre parentes próximos, em grau proibido por lei Often confused with inseto and injusto.

Key facts for incesto
PropertyValue
Headwordincesto
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,780
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Portuguese entry for incesto is 7 letters long, classified as anoun. Corpus data places it at rank #21,780 in overall Portuguese word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "união ilícita entre parentes próximos, em grau proibido por lei".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for incesto, with forms such as "icnesto", "inccesto", and "incesot". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "inseto", "injusto", "ingestão", and more, 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 incesto, spelled I-N-C-E-S-T-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    união ilícita entre parentes próximos, em grau proibido por lei

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: icnesto,inccesto,incesot,incessto,incestto,incetso,incseto,inecsto,inncesto,nicesto

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for incesto

Misspelling Variants of "incesto"

icnesto7inccesto8incesot7incessto8incestto8incetso7incseto7inecsto7
Misspelling Variants of "incesto"

Frequency rank: #21,780 in Portuguese

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incesto"?
"incesto" is spelled I-N-C-E-S-T-O.
What does "incesto" mean?
As a noun, "incesto" means: união ilícita entre parentes próximos, em grau proibido por lei
What words are commonly confused with "incesto"?
"incesto" is commonly confused with "inseto", "injusto", "ingestão". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "incesto" come from?
"incesto" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Portuguese words

Other entries that begin with the letter I in our Portuguese index:

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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.