incumbência
/ĩ.kũ.ˈbẽ.sjɐ/
The verdict
“incumbência” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Portuguese index at frequency #29,009. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,009
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,526
- “I” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - ato ou efeito de incumbir; negócio que se incumbe; encargo, tarefa
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | incumbência |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ĩ.kũ.ˈbẽ.sjɐ/ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #29,009 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “incumbência” sits in Portuguese frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around incumbência (IPA /ĩ.kũ.ˈbẽ.sjɐ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #29,009 among 1,526 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "ato ou efeito de incumbir; negócio que se incumbe; encargo, tarefa".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for incumbência, with forms such as "icnumbência", "inccumbência", and "incmubência". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct Portuguese form is incumbência, spelled I-N-C-U-M-B-Ê-N-C-I-A.
Definition
- 1ato ou efeito de incumbir; negócio que se incumbe; encargo, tarefa
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- icnumbência
- inccumbência
- incmubência
- incubmência
- incumbbência
- incumbnêcia
- incumbêcnia
- incumbêncai
- incumbênccia
- incumbênica
- incumbênncia
- incummbência
- incumêbncia
- inncumbência
- inucmbência
- nicumbência
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of incumbência - 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 “incumbência”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Portuguese spelling is I-N-C-U-M-B-Ê-N-C-I-A - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ĩ.kũ.ˈbẽ.sjɐ/ (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.