incubação

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

/ĩ.ku.bɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/

//ĩ.ku.bɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃// noun

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

The verdict

“incubação” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #28,619. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#28,619
frequency rank, Portuguese: 938
“I” headwords: 11
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - ato ou efeito de incubar(-se)

Corpus desk

Index PT-incubacao · incubação · Portuguese

incubação · rank #28,619 · 11 variants · 0 confusables

FREQ-MID #28,619
LEN-LONG 9 letters
VOW-4 4 vowels
CONFUS-0 No pairs
VAR-MID 11 variants
BOOK-MID 938
PHOTO-FINISH incógnita

Nearest frequency peer: incógnita (+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.

Iemanjá

71,389
incubação

71,382
incógnita

71,381
inexperiente

71,380
inseparável

71,377
insight

71,376

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

Key facts for incubação
Property	Value
Headword	incubação
Language	Portuguese
Part of speech	Noun
IPA	/ĩ.ku.bɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
Letters	9
Frequency rank	#28,619
Misspellings tracked	11
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequência do íman ortográfico “incubação”

A frequência vai do punhado de palavras do dia a dia (esquerda) à cauda longa quase nunca usada (direita).incubaçãocai aqui:

#28,619

#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 “incógnita” (#28,620), “inexperiente” (#28,621), “inseparável” (#28,624). Entre 938 lemas com “I”, “incubação” fica em #28,619. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around incubação (IPA /ĩ.ku.bɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,619 among 938 “I” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for incubação, with forms such as "icnubação", "incbuação", and "inccubação". 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. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Portuguese form is incubação, spelled I-N-C-U-B-A-Ç-Ã-O.

Definition

1
ato ou efeito de incubar(-se)
2
ato ou processo de chocar ovos, natural ou artificialmente
3
processo de laboratório, por meio do qual se cultivam microrganismos com o fim de estudar-lhes ou facilitar-lhes o desenvolvimento
4
período que vai da penetração do agente infeccioso no organismo até o aparecimento dos primeiros sinais da doença
5
período durante o qual um acontecimento, uma criação etc. se elabora à surdina antes de assumir existência efetiva; preparação, elaboração

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

O período de incubação das araras é de cerca de trinta dias.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

icnubação
incbuação
inccubação
incuabção
incubaãço
incubaçoã
incubbação
incubçaão
inncubação
inucbação
nicubação

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incubação - 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 "incubação"

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 "incubação"?

"incubação" is spelled I-N-C-U-B-A-Ç-Ã-O. The IPA pronunciation is /ĩ.ku.bɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/.

What does "incubação" mean?

As a noun, "incubação" means: ato ou efeito de incubar(-se)

What are common misspellings of "incubação"?

Common misspellings include "icnubação", "incbuação", "inccubação", "incuabção", "incubaãço". The correct spelling is "incubação".

How do you pronounce "incubação"?

The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "incubação" is /ĩ.ku.bɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.

What language does "incubação" come from?

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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

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

incógnita#28,620 maturação#28,669 encanador#28,559 obediente#28,693

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

insight11 variants estático11 variants nicotina11 variants dezassete11 variants