incontinência
/ĩ.kõ.ti.ˈnẽ.sjɐ/
The verdict
“incontinência” has 19 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #48,467. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #48,467
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,526
- “I” headwords
- 19
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - falta de continência; excesso, imoderação, intemperança
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incontinência |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ĩ.kõ.ti.ˈnẽ.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #48,467 |
| Misspellings tracked | 19 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “incontinência” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 19 spelling variants around incontinência (IPA /ĩ.kõ.ti.ˈnẽ.sjɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #48,467 among 1,526 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 19 likely wrong-spelling variants for incontinência, with forms such as "icnontinência", "inccontinência", and "incnotinência". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Portuguese form is incontinência, spelled I-N-C-O-N-T-I-N-Ê-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1falta de continência; excesso, imoderação, intemperança
- 2falta de castidade, de abstinência
- 3incapacidade de reter, em um período normal, produtos como urina ou matéria fecal no organismo
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- icnontinência
- inccontinência
- incnotinência
- inconitnência
- inconntinência
- incontinnêcia
- incontinnência
- incontinêcnia
- incontinêncai
- incontinênccia
- incontinênica
- incontinênncia
- incontiênncia
- incontniência
- inconttinência
- incotninência
- inncontinência
- inocntinência
- nicontinência
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incontinência - 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.
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.
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Using “incontinência”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-C-O-N-T-I-N-Ê-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ĩ.kõ.ti.ˈnẽ.sjɐ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.