# combine

> English word · Verb · IPA /kəmˈbaɪn/ · frequency rank #5,771

## Definitions
1. To bring (two or more things or activities) together; to unite.
2. To have two or more things or properties that function together.
3. To come together; to unite.
4. In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played.
5. To bind; to hold by a moral tie.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English combynyn, from Middle French combiner, from Late Latin combīnāre (“unite, yoke together”), from Latin con- (“together”) + bīnī (“two by two”).

## Easily confused with
- **coming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combine-vs-coming)
- **Corbin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combine-vs-corbin)
- **commie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combine-vs-commie)
- **compile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combine-vs-compile)
- **commune** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combine-vs-commune)
- **combing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combine-vs-combing)
- **confine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combine-vs-confine)
- **comming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combine-vs-comming)
- **combined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combine-vs-combined)
- **combines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/combine-vs-combines)
- **cocaine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocaine-vs-combine)
- **codeine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/codeine-vs-combine)
- **carbine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carbine-vs-combine)
- **columbine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/columbine-vs-combine)

## Common misspellings (10)
`ccombine`, `cmobine`, `cobmine`, `combbine`, `combien`, `combinne`, `combnie`, `comibne`, `commbine`, `ocmbine`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/combine