incubar
/ĩ.ku.ˈbaɾ/
The verdict
“incubar” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #88,294 among 938 “I” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #88,294
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 938
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - chocar ovos
Corpus desk
Index PT-incubar · incubar · Portuguese
incubar · rank #88,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #88,294
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 938
- PHOTO-FINISH immediate
Nearest frequency peer: immediate (-8 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 “incubar”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- gaiteiro
gaiteiro
11,764 corpus weight
- geminação
geminação
11,756 corpus weight
- immediate
immediate
11,715 corpus weight
- incubar
incubar
11,707 corpus weight
- istmo
istmo
11,676 corpus weight
- kakao
kakao
11,659 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “incubar” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incubar |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ĩ.ku.ˈbaɾ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #88,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “incubar” em português
Rare enough to double-check
incubar is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #88,294 among 938 “I” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed /ĩ.ku.ˈbaɾ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
incubar has no tracked misspelling variants, a sign its spelling follows regular Portuguese conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
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 incubar, spelled I-N-C-U-B-A-R.
Definition
- 1chocar ovos
- 2ato de colocar o vinho numa pipa, cuba ou tonel
This word in other languages
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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