# embed

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪmˈbɛd/ · frequency rank #31,154

## Definitions
1. To lay (something) as in a bed; to lay in surrounding matter; to bed.
2. To include (something) in surrounding matter.
3. To encapsulate within another document or data file.
4. To define a one-to-one function from one set to another so that certain properties of the domain are preserved when considering the image as a subset of the codomain.

## Etymology
From em- + bed.

## Easily confused with
- **eyed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/embed-vs-eyed)
- **ended** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/embed-vs-ended)
- **ember** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/embed-vs-ember)
- **emmet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/embed-vs-emmet)
- **erred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/embed-vs-erred)
- **emcee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/embed-vs-emcee)
- **emblem** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/embed-vs-emblem)
- **embody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/embed-vs-embody)
- **embers** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/embed-vs-embers)
- **Eben** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eben-vs-embed)
- **edged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edged-vs-embed)
- **eased** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eased-vs-embed)
- **eared** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eared-vs-embed)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ebmed`, `embbed`, `embde`, `embedd`, `emebd`, `emmbed`, `mebed`

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