incidental
Definitions
Noun
- (frequently plural) an expense not budgeted or not specified
- An item that is incidental
Adjective
- (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence
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As a Fragment
Words that contain the term "incidental".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | incidentally | 5 | 14 |
| 2 | incidental | 4 | 5 |
| 3 | coincidental | 5 | 1 |
| 4 | incidentals | 4 | 1 |
| 5 | coincidentally | 6 | 0 |
Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "incidental".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | industrial | 4 | 143 |
| 2 | inevitable | 5 | 33 |
| 3 | philosophical | 5 | 26 |
| 4 | incredible | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | influential | 4 | 14 |
| 6 | mythological | 5 | 13 |
| 7 | insoluble | 4 | 12 |
| 8 | intangible | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | intentional | 4 | 5 |
| 10 | invaluable | 4 | 5 |
| 11 | inseparable | 5 | 4 |
| 12 | implacable | 4 | 3 |
| 13 | ineligible | 5 | 3 |
| 14 | inexorable | 5 | 3 |
| 15 | intolerable | 5 | 3 |
| 16 | disentangle | 4 | 2 |
| 17 | improbable | 4 | 2 |
| 18 | incurable | 4 | 2 |
| 19 | invincible | 4 | 2 |
| 20 | irreversible | 5 | 2 |
| 21 | irrevocable | 5 | 2 |
| 22 | ministerial | 5 | 2 |
| 23 | dictatorial | 5 | 1 |
| 24 | disagreeable | 5 | 1 |
| 25 | ineffectual | 5 | 1 |
| 26 | invariable | 5 | 1 |
| 27 | inviolable | 5 | 1 |
| 28 | imaginable | 5 | 0 |
| 29 | implausible | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | inimitable | 5 | 0 |
| 31 | injectable | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | insensible | 4 | 0 |
| 33 | insufferable | 5 | 0 |
| 34 | intermingle | 4 | 0 |
| 35 | intertribal | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | intestinal | 4 | 0 |
| 37 | investable | 4 | 0 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "incidental".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | incident | 3 | 49 |
| 2 | identical | 4 | 31 |
| 3 | incidentally | 5 | 14 |
| 4 | dental | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | incidents | 3 | 11 |
| 6 | accidental | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | incidence | 3 | 7 |
| 8 | confidential | 4 | 6 |
| 9 | incipient | 4 | 4 |
| 10 | occidental | 4 | 2 |
| 11 | incidentals | 4 | 1 |
| 12 | coincidental | 5 | 1 |
| 13 | incremental | 4 | 1 |
| 14 | coincidentally | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | coincident | 4 | 0 |
| 16 | occidentale | 4 | 0 |
| 17 | indent | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | identa | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | vincentia | 3 | 0 |
| 20 | occidental's | 4 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "incidental" in a sentence.
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Words that are statistically associated with "incidental" in the same piece of text.
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Words that contain the same consonants as the term "incidental".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 3
Fragments: 5
Sound Alikes: 37
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
This Word in the News:
Incidental Take Authorization: City of Kodiak's St. Herman Harbor Infrastructure Rebuild Project in the water off of Kodiak, Alaska
Mar 12, 2026 NOAA Fisheries (.gov)
Mar 12, 2026 NOAA Fisheries (.gov)
Update on Management of Incidental Findings Seen on Imaging Studies of the Abdomen and Pelvis
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Mar 5, 2026 RSNA Journals
Addressing Incidental Findings in Neuroimaging Studies: Never Easy, Rarely Rescue
Mar 9, 2026 The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Mar 9, 2026 The Hastings Center for Bioethics
Indiscriminate Attacks, Proportionality and the Meaning of “Incidental” Civilian Harm
Aug 11, 2025 Lieber Institute West Point
Aug 11, 2025 Lieber Institute West Point