íncubo
The verdict
“íncubo” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 6
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - que se deita por cima de algo
Corpus desk
Index PT-incubo · íncubo · Portuguese
íncubo · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "Í" 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | íncubo |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “íncubo” em português
Rare enough to double-check
íncubo is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
íncubo has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
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 íncubo, spelled Í-N-C-U-B-O.
Definition
- 1que se deita por cima de algo
- 2ave em processo de incubação
- 3demônio que fecundava as mulheres durante o sono causando ao mesmo tempo pesadelos.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how íncubo appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Deviam ser grandemente disparatadas as revelações de Marta para que o varatojano desconfiasse que ela estava obsessa e que as suas visões deviam ser malfeitorias de demónio íncubo.
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.