# incite

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈsaɪt/ · frequency rank #24,791

## Definitions
1. To call into action.
2. To entreat an act.
3. To instigate a specific incident.

## Etymology
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”).

## Easily confused with
- **init** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incite-vs-init)
- **indie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incite-vs-indie)
- **Inuit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incite-vs-inuit)
- **innit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incite-vs-innit)
- **inside** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incite-vs-inside)
- **income** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incite-vs-income)
- **invite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incite-vs-invite)
- **inmate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incite-vs-inmate)
- **innate** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incite-vs-innate)
- **inline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incite-vs-inline)
- **invited** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incite-vs-invited)
- **incline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incite-vs-incline)
- **Ince** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ince-vs-incite)
- **ignite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ignite-vs-incite)
- **incase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incase-vs-incite)

## Common misspellings (8)
`icnite`, `inccite`, `inciet`, `incitte`, `inctie`, `inicte`, `inncite`, `nicite`

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