# implicit

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪmˈplɪsɪt/ · frequency rank #16,049

## Definitions
1. Suggested indirectly, without being directly expressed.
2. Contained in the essential nature of something but not openly shown.
3. Having no reservations or doubts; unquestioning or unconditional; usually said of faith or trust.
4. entangled, twisted together.

## Etymology
From Middle French implicite, from Latin implicitus, past participle of implico (“I infold, involve, entangle”); see implicate.

## Easily confused with
- **implicitly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/implicit-vs-implicitly)
- **illicit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/illicit-vs-implicit)
- **implicate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/implicate-vs-implicit)

## Common misspellings (12)
`imlpicit`, `immplicit`, `impilcit`, `implciit`, `impliccit`, `implicitt`, `implicti`, `impliict`, `impllicit`, `impplicit`, `ipmlicit`, `miplicit`

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