incidir

Name: incidir, Portuguese Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

verb

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“incidir” has 10 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #37,852. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#37,852
frequency rank, Portuguese: 938
“I” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 4
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - atingir (a luz) uma superfície ou um corpo

Corpus desk

Index PT-incidir · incidir · Portuguese

incidir · rank #37,852 · 10 variants · 4 confusables

FREQ-MID #37,852
LEN-LONG 7 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-MID 4 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 938
PHOTO-FINISH inadimplência

Nearest frequency peer: inadimplência (-1 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.

imprudência

62,151
inadimplênc…

62,150
incidir

62,149
indagar

62,148
indiciamento

62,147
inexplicave…

62,146

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

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

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

incidir vs inibir

71% similar

incidir vs incluir

71% similar

incidir vs invadir

71% similar

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

Key facts for incidir
Property	Value
Headword	incidir
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Verb
Letters	7
Frequency rank	#37,852
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	4
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “incidir”

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).incidircai aqui:

#37,852

#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 “inadimplência” (#37,851), “indagar” (#37,853), “imprudência” (#37,850). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “incidir” fica em #37,852. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around incidir, averb. Corpus frequency is #37,852 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for incidir, with forms such as "icnidir", "inccidir", and "incdiir". 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 4 confusable-pair relationships, "inibir", "incluir", "invadir", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is incidir, spelled I-N-C-I-D-I-R.

Definition

1
atingir (a luz) uma superfície ou um corpo
2
(prep. em, sobre) ser aplicado a (imposto, multa)
3
(prep. em) incorrer; ficar incluído, envolvido ou comprometido em ou estar sujeito a
4
(prep. em, sobre) ter efeitos sobre; afetar
5
ocorrer, sobrevir, suceder

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

A luz incidirá no melhor ângulo.
Segundo nota divulgada pela Receita, nesses casos, o IOF incidirá em 0,0082% sobre cada dia devedor no cheque especial, ou seja, se o cliente assumiu uma dívida de R$ 1.000 no cheque especial no primeiro dia útil do mês e permaneceu com essa dívida pelo período de 30 dias, o 0,0082% incidirá sobre R$ 30.000.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

icnidir
inccidir
incdiir
inciddir
incidirr
incidri
inciidr
inicdir
inncidir
nicidir

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

Edit distance from "incidir"

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 "incidir"?

"incidir" is spelled I-N-C-I-D-I-R.

What does "incidir" mean?

As a verb, "incidir" means: atingir (a luz) uma superfície ou um corpo

What words are commonly confused with "incidir"?

"incidir" is commonly confused with "inibir", "incluir", "invadir". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What language does "incidir" come from?

"incidir" is a Portuguese word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

indagar#37,853 heroico#37,837 marrone#37,908 estrume#37,791

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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