build in
/bɪldˈɪn/
"build-in" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“build in” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 8
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - to add components to a larger entity without interfering with the purpose or functionality of the larger entity
Corpus desk
Index EN-build-in · build in · English
build in · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "B" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | build in |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /bɪldˈɪn/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “build in” in English
Rare enough to double-check
build in is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed /bɪldˈɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for build in in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. 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 headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is build in, spelled B-U-I-L-D- -I-N.
Definition
- 1to add components to a larger entity without interfering with the purpose or functionality of the larger entity
- 2to build something in the interior of an entity
Synonyms
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.