# incline

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɪnˈklaɪn/ · frequency rank #23,868

## Definitions
1. To bend or move (something) out of a given plane or direction, often the horizontal or vertical.
2. To slope.
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.

## Etymology
From Middle English enclinen, from Old French encliner (modern incliner), from Latin inclīnō (“incline, tilt”), from in- + clīnō (compare -cline), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱley- (English lean).

## Easily confused with
- **inline** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incline-vs-inline)
- **include** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incline-vs-include)
- **inkling** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incline-vs-inkling)
- **inclined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incline-vs-inclined)
- **incite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/incite-vs-incline)
- **inching** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/inching-vs-incline)

## Common misspellings (10)
`icnline`, `inccline`, `incilne`, `inclien`, `inclinne`, `inclline`, `inclnie`, `inlcine`, `inncline`, `nicline`

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