incept
verb
incept is spelled I-N-C-E-P-T: 6 letters. It appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, incept means “To take in or ingest” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in incept?
| Letters | 6: I-N-C-E-P-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 48 million words; the 214,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is incept?
Incept appears about once in every 48 million words in written English, the 214,628th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with incept?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as incept.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: pectin.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of incept
- incepts present, singular, he/she/it
- incepting participle, present
- incepted participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incept mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To take in or ingest.
- 2
To begin.
The company was incepted in 2006.
- 3
UKTo accept or to be accepted to the Master of Arts degree at Oxford or Cambridge University.
- 4
To put an idea into a person's mind so deeply that they believe it was their own.
Is the idea really yours? Or was it incepted into your mind by your friend?
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Incept in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.