incontinente

/ĩ.kõ.ti.ˈnẽ.tɨ/

//ĩ.kõ.ti.ˈnẽ.tɨ// adj

The verdict

“incontinente” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency Portuguese
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que não tem continência

Corpus desk

Index PT-incontinente · incontinente · Portuguese

incontinente · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "I" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for incontinente
PropertyValue
Headwordincontinente
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ĩ.kõ.ti.ˈnẽ.tɨ/
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “incontinente” em português

incontinentefica fora das 100.000 palavras portuguesas mais frequentes, na cauda longa de vocabulário técnico, arcaico ou raro, onde a dúvida ortográfica aperta.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

incontinente is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ĩ.kõ.ti.ˈnẽ.tɨ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for incontinente, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, 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 incontinente, spelled I-N-C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    que não tem continência
  2. 2
    imoderado
  3. 3
    descomedido

Antonyms

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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "incontinente"?
"incontinente" is spelled I-N-C-O-N-T-I-N-E-N-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.kõ.ti.ˈnẽ.tɨ/.
What does "incontinente" mean?
As an adjective, "incontinente" means: que não tem continência
How do you pronounce "incontinente"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incontinente" is /ĩ.kõ.ti.ˈnẽ.tɨ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "incontinente" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list