include
/ɪnˈkluːd/verb, noun
include is spelled I-N-C-L-U-D-E: 7 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 162 times per million words in written English, the 625th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, include means “To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in include?
| Letters | 7: I-N-C-L-U-D-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 162 times per million words; the 625th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is include?
Include appears 162 times per million words in written English, the 625th 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 include?
- UK /ɪnˈkluːd/
- US /ɪnˈkluːd/
Include 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-include.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with include?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as include from its last stressed vowel (/ud/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: nuclide.
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 include
- includes present, singular, he/she/it, plural
- including participle, present
- included participle, past
- enclude
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does include mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To bring into a group, class, set, or total as a (new) part or member.
I will purchase the vacation package if you will include car rental.
- 2
To consider as part of something; to comprehend.
The vacation package includes car rental.
- 3
obsoleteTo enclose, confine.
I could have here willingly ranged, but these straits wherein I am included will not permit.
- 4
obsoleteTo conclude; to terminate.
- 5
To use a directive that allows the use of source code from another file.
You have to include the strings library to use this function.
noun
- 1
A piece of source code or other content that is dynamically retrieved for inclusion in another item.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate include?
Wiktionary records one abbreviation of include: incl.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Include in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to bring into as a part or member:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | inclure, comprendre |
| German | einschließen, mit einbeziehen |
| Portuguese | incluir |
| Spanish | incluir, colacionar, traer a colación y partición |
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 include come from?
From Middle English includen, borrowed from Latin inclūdere (“to shut in, enclose, insert”), from in- (“in”) + claudere (“to shut”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“key, hook, nail”). Doublet of enclose. Displaced native Old English belūcan (“to include,” also “to shut in”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).