incite
in·cite/ɪnˈsaɪt/verb
incite is spelled I-N-C-I-T-E: 6 letters and 2 syllables (in·cite). It appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). People search “incite vs insight” about 590 times a month (Google, United States). As a verb, incite means “To call into action” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in incite?
| Letters | 6: I-N-C-I-T-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: in·cite |
| In writing | 1.3 times per million words; the 24,745th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Pairs people search | |
| Rhymes with |
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); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is incite?
Incite appears 1.3 times per million words in written English, the 24,745th 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).
How do you pronounce incite?
- US /ɪnˈsaɪt/
- /ɪnsajʈ/
Incite has 2 syllables, split in·cite in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-incite.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with incite
Word pairs people search, with the monthly searches for “a vs b” (G: Google, B: Bing, United States).
Sources: Google and Bing searches (September 2025 to August 2026, through DataForSEO); English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with incite?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as incite from its last stressed vowel (/aɪt/):
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 incite
- incites present, singular, he/she/it
- inciting participle, present
- incited participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incite mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To call into action.
The judge was told by the accused that his friends had incited him to commit the crime.
- 2
To entreat an act.
- 3
To instigate a specific incident.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Incite in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to rouse, stir up or excite:
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.
Where does incite come from?
From Middle French inciter, from Latin incitō (“to set in motion, hasten, urge, incite”), from in (“in, on”) + citō (“to set in motion, urge”), frequentative of cieō (“to rouse, excite, call”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).