# enquire

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɛnˈkwaɪə/ · frequency rank #32,376

## Definitions
1. British English form of inquire.

## Etymology
From Old French enquerre, from en- + querre (“to search, to look for”), from Latin quaerere, of uncertain origin, but possibly from Proto-Italic *kʷaizeō, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷeh₂- (“to acquire”).

## Easily confused with
- **entire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enquire-vs-entire)
- **ensure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enquire-vs-ensure)
- **equine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enquire-vs-equine)
- **enquiry** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enquire-vs-enquiry)
- **esquire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enquire-vs-esquire)
- **enquirer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/enquire-vs-enquirer)
- **endure** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/endure-vs-enquire)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ennquire`, `enqiure`, `enqquire`, `enquier`, `enquirre`, `enqurie`, `enuqire`, `eqnuire`, `nequire`

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