incongruência

/ĩ.kõ.ˈɡɾwẽ.sjɐ/

//ĩ.kõ.ˈɡɾwẽ.sjɐ// noun

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The verdict

“incongruência” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #89,205 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,205
frequency rank, Portuguese
938
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - qualidade de incongruente

Corpus desk

Index PT-incongruencia · incongruência · Portuguese

incongruência · rank #89,205 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,205
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 938
  • PHOTO-FINISH inteligibilid…

Nearest frequency peer: inteligibilidade (+12 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.

Ranks da cauda longa perto de “incongruência”

Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “incongruência” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for incongruência
PropertyValue
Headwordincongruência
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ĩ.kõ.ˈɡɾwẽ.sjɐ/
Letters13
Frequency rank#89,205
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “incongruência” em português

Esta escala corre do núcleo do português quotidiano (esquerda) até o rastro de formas raras (direita).incongruênciacai nesta cauda de raridade:

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

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “inteligibilidade” (#89,217), “intransitável” (#89,223), “iorubá” (#89,226). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “incongruência” fica em #89,205. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

incongruência is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #89,205 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ĩ.kõ.ˈɡɾwẽ.sjɐ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for incongruência, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is incongruência, spelled I-N-C-O-N-G-R-U-Ê-N-C-I-A.

Definition

  1. 1
    qualidade de incongruente
  2. 2
    falta de congruência, de conformidade, concordância, harmonia, adequação, correspondência, identidade etc.
  3. 3
    ato, dito ou comportamento incongruente

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. a incongruência de suas atitudes
  2. ninguém está a salvo de fazer ou dizer incongruências

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 "incongruência"?
"incongruência" is spelled I-N-C-O-N-G-R-U-Ê-N-C-I-A. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.kõ.ˈɡɾwẽ.sjɐ/.
What does "incongruência" mean?
As a noun, "incongruência" means: qualidade de incongruente
How do you pronounce "incongruência"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incongruência" is /ĩ.kõ.ˈɡɾwẽ.sjɐ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

intransitável#89,223parentalidade#89,388bovinocultura#89,816cinematógrafo#89,882

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list