incubação
/ĩ.ku.bɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/
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
- 1,526
- “I” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de incubar(-se)
| 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) |
Where “incubação” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around incubação (IPA /ĩ.ku.bɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #28,619 among 1,526 “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
- 1ato ou efeito de incubar(-se)
- 2ato ou processo de chocar ovos, natural ou artificialmente
- 3processo de laboratório, por meio do qual se cultivam microrganismos com o fim de estudar-lhes ou facilitar-lhes o desenvolvimento
- 4período que vai da penetração do agente infeccioso no organismo até o aparecimento dos primeiros sinais da doença
- 5período durante o qual um acontecimento, uma criação etc. se elabora à surdina antes de assumir existência efetiva; preparação, elaboração
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.
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 “incubação”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-C-U-B-A-Ç-Ã-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ĩ.ku.bɐ.ˈsɐ̃w̃/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more Portuguese words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Portuguese words
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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.