incidência

noun

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The verdict

“incidência” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #10,371. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#10,371
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
14
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de incidir

Corpus desk

Index PT-incidencia · incidência · Portuguese

incidência · rank #10,371 · 14 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #10,371
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 14 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH hélio

Nearest frequency peer: hélio (-2 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.

Pares de rank junto ao íman ortográfico “incidência”

Mesma faixa de raridade: útil se um typo cair num lema vizinho

corpus weight

What this shows “incidência” está entre estes pares FrequencyWords; a profundidade de typo mede-se à parte no gráfico de distância de edição.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for incidência
PropertyValue
Headwordincidência
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Frequency rank#10,371
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “incidência”

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.incidênciacai aqui:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Na mesma faixa de raridade aparecem “hélio” (#10,369), “honrar” (#10,368), “homossexualidade” (#10,367). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “incidência” fica em #10,371. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 14 spelling variants around incidência, anoun. Corpus frequency is #10,371 among 938 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ato ou efeito de incidir".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for incidência, with forms such as "icnidência", "inccidência", and "incdiência". 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, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Portuguese form is incidência, spelled I-N-C-I-D-Ê-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    ato ou efeito de incidir

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. O plástico que cobre os arcos é transparente para permitir a incidência de luz.

This word in other languages

incidence(English)incidencia(Español)incidence(Français)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnidência
  • inccidência
  • incdiência
  • inciddência
  • incidnêcia
  • incidêcnia
  • incidêncai
  • incidênccia
  • incidênica
  • incidênncia
  • inciêdncia
  • inicdência
  • inncidência
  • nicidência

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incidência - 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.

icnidência2inccidência1incdiência2inciddência1incidnêcia2incidêcnia2incidêncai2incidênccia1
Edit distance from "incidência"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incidência"?
"incidência" is spelled I-N-C-I-D-Ê-N-C-I-A.
What does "incidência" mean?
As a noun, "incidência" means: ato ou efeito de incidir
What are common misspellings of "incidência"?
Common misspellings include "icnidência", "inccidência", "incdiência", "inciddência", "incidnêcia". The correct spelling is "incidência".
What language does "incidência" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "incidência", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

penetração#10,411arrogância#10,475experiente#10,532horizontal#10,546

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).

desfrutar14 variantsconsultar14 variantslegalidade14 variantsmodificação14 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list