# identify

> English word · Verb · IPA /aɪˈdɛn.tɪ.faɪ/ · frequency rank #2,682

## Definitions
1. To establish the identity of someone or something.
2. To disclose the identity of someone.
3. To establish the taxonomic classification of an organism.
4. To equate or make the same; to unite or combine into one.
5. To have a strong affinity with; to feel oneself to be modelled on or connected to.
6. To associate oneself with some group; to feel, or believe one feels, the same way.
7. To claim an identity; to describe oneself as a member of a group; to assert the use of a particular term to describe oneself.

## Etymology
From French identifier, from Medieval Latin identicus + Latin faciō.

## Easily confused with
- **identity** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/identify-vs-identity)

## Common misspellings (12)
`dientify`, `iddentify`, `idenitfy`, `idenntify`, `identfiy`, `identiffy`, `identifyy`, `identiyf`, `identtify`, `idetnify`, `idnetify`, `iedntify`

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