Encase or incase?
encase is a verb meaning “To enclose, as in a case”; incase is a verb meaning “Alternative spelling of encase”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) incase is about 6.5 times as common as encase.
What is the difference between encase and incase?
| encase | incase | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | verb | verb |
| Meaning | To enclose, as in a case | Alternative spelling of encase |
| Example | none recorded | none recorded |
| Forms | encases, encasing, encased | incases, incasing, incased |
| Pronunciation | /ɪŋˈkeɪs/ | not recorded |
| In writing | about once in every 8 million words | about once in every 1 million words |
Sources: encase and incase in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of encase and incase
encase
- 1
To enclose, as in a case
incase
- 1
Alternative spelling of encase
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, encase or incase?
encase appears about once in every 8 million words; incase about once in every 1 million words.
encase about once in every 8 million wordsincase about once in every 1 million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How many people search encase vs incase?
“encase vs incase” is searched about 720 times a month on Google and 30 on Bing in the United States. Google counts close variants of a query together (“incase vs encase”, “encase or incase”).
Sources: Google Ads keyword data through DataForSEO and Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, the average month from September 2025 to August 2026.