incidente

/ĩ.si.ˈdẽ.tɨ/

//ĩ.si.ˈdẽ.tɨ// adj

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The verdict

“incidente” has 13 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #3,698. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#3,698
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que incide, sobrevém

Corpus desk

Index PT-incidente · incidente · Portuguese

incidente · rank #3,698 · 13 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-COMMON #3,698
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH geografia

Nearest frequency peer: geografia (-3 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 “incidente”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “incidente” 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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

incidente vs incipiente
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for incidente
PropertyValue
Headwordincidente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ĩ.si.ˈdẽ.tɨ/
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,698
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “incidente”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).incidentecai 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 “geografia” (#3,695), “justamente” (#3,701), “galeria” (#3,694). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “incidente” fica em #3,698. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around incidente (IPA /ĩ.si.ˈdẽ.tɨ/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #3,698 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 4 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for incidente, with forms such as "icnidente", "inccidente", and "incdiente". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "incipiente", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is incidente, spelled I-N-C-I-D-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que incide, sobrevém
  2. 2
    que incide, sobrevém
  3. 3
    que incide, sobrevém
  4. 4
    que incide, sobrevém

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. causas incidentes
  2. oração incidente

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • icnidente
  • inccidente
  • incdiente
  • inciddente
  • incidenet
  • incidennte
  • incidentte
  • incidetne
  • incidnete
  • inciednte
  • inicdente
  • inncidente
  • nicidente

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incidente - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

icnidente2inccidente1incdiente2inciddente1incidenet2incidennte1incidentte1incidetne2
Edit distance from "incidente"

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 "incidente"?
"incidente" is spelled I-N-C-I-D-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.si.ˈdẽ.tɨ/.
What does "incidente" mean?
As an adjective, "incidente" means: que incide, sobrevém
What words are commonly confused with "incidente"?
"incidente" is commonly confused with "incipiente". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "incidente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incidente" is /ĩ.si.ˈdẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incidente" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

geografia#3,695essencial#3,684confronto#3,671agradável#3,657

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

preparação13 variantsobservação13 variantscombinação13 variantsreprodução13 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list