incline
/ɪnˈklaɪn/verb, noun
incline is spelled I-N-C-L-I-N-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, incline means “To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in incline?
| Letters | 7: I-N-C-L-I-N-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.4 times per million words; the 23,835th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is incline?
Incline appears 1.4 times per million words in written English, the 23,835th 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 incline?
- /ɪnˈklaɪn/
- /ˈɪn.klaɪn/
Incline has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-incline.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-incline_(noun).wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of incline
- inclines present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- inclining participle, present
- inclined participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does incline mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
He had to incline his body against the gusts to avoid being blown down in the storm.
- 2
To slope.
Over the centuries the wind made the walls of the farmhouse incline.
- 3
To tend to do or believe something, or move or be moved in a certain direction, away from a point of view, attitude, etc.
He inclines to believe anything he reads in the newspapers.
noun
- 1
A slope.
To reach the building, we had to climb a steep incline.
- 2
A portal of a subway tunnel.
the Pleasant Street Incline
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Incline 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.